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armor

protective covering or reinforcement for objects, persons, or animals that is used to prevent damage from direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually in combat
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armor

Summary

armor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,419 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • armor is a type of defense material[2].
  • armor is a type of protective device[3].
  • armor's Commons category is recorded as Armour[4].
  • armor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Armour[5].
  • armor's Commons gallery is recorded as Armour[6].
  • armor's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[7].
  • armor's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[8].
  • armor's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • armor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • armor's described by source is recorded as 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[11].
  • armor's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
  • armor's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include defense material[2] and protective device[3].

Why It Matters

armor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,419 views/month).[1] armor has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] armor is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → defense material, protective device
    Described by source → Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +4
    P14470 → Objects/Armor
    Topic's main category → Category:Armour
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Armor, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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