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beacon

Summary

beacon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • beacon's image is recorded as Vårdkasen på Korpberget 2012a 01.jpg[2].
  • beacon's subclass of is recorded as optical communication[3].
  • beacon's subclass of is recorded as beacon[4].
  • beacon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r9wxd[5].
  • beacon's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as vete[6].
  • beacon's Lex ID is recorded as bavn[7].

Why It Matters

beacon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[1] beacon has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] beacon is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). beacon. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/beacon-q702472
MLA “beacon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/beacon-q702472.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beacon-q702472_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{beacon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beacon-q702472}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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