beacon
marker to attract attention (used for navigation, or in war as a signalling device, or as a signally device for natural disaster like fire)
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beacon
Summary
beacon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,319 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- beacon is a type of fixed construction[2].
- beacon is a type of geographic location[3].
- beacon is a type of facility[4].
- beacon is used for communication[5].
- beacon's Commons category is recorded as Beacons[6].
- beacon's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 8B4513[7].
- beacon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beacons[8].
- beacon's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=beacon[9].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[15].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[16].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as OpenSeaMap[17].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
- beacon's described by source is recorded as Kartographer icon[19].
- beacon's different from is recorded as Baliza[20].
- beacon's P14692 is recorded as 1567[21].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include fixed construction[2], geographic location[3], and facility[4].
Use and Application
beacon is used for communication[5].
Why It Matters
beacon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,319 views/month).[1] beacon has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] beacon is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]