basketball

inflated ball used for basketball games
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basketball

Summary

basketball is a product category[1]. basketball draws 2,025 Wikipedia views per month (product_category category, ranking #39 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • basketball's instance of is recorded as product category[3].
  • basketball is a type of inflatable ball[4].
  • basketball is a type of basketball product[5].
  • basketball is used for basketball[6].
  • basketball's Commons category is recorded as Basketballs[7].
  • basketball's color is recorded as orange[8].
  • basketball's Unicode character is recorded as 🏀[9].
  • basketball's sport is recorded as basketball[10].
  • basketball's shape is recorded as sphere[11].
  • basketball's used by is recorded as basketball player[12].
  • basketball's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+600'}[13].
  • basketball's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+24.19'}[14].
  • basketball's perimeter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+76'}[15].

Body

Definition and Type

basketball's instance of is recorded as product category[3]. Recorded subclass of include inflatable ball[4] and basketball product[5].

Use and Application

basketball is used for basketball[6]. basketball's used by is recorded as basketball player[12].

Why It Matters

basketball draws 2,025 Wikipedia views per month (product_category category, ranking #39 of 193).[2] basketball has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] basketball is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Google Product Taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Google Product Taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diameter {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+24.19'}
    Sport basketball
    Instance of product category
    Subclass of
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007554647005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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