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closed vessel in which fluid is heated
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boiler

Summary

boiler ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • boiler is a type of heater[2].
  • boiler is a type of process engineering device[3].
  • boiler is a type of pressure vessel[4].
  • boiler's Commons category is recorded as Boilers[5].
  • boiler's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boilers[6].
  • boiler's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • boiler's different from is recorded as furnace[8].
  • boiler's maintenance method is recorded as boiler maintenance[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include heater[2], process engineering device[3], and pressure vessel[4].

Why It Matters

boiler ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month).[1] boiler has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] boiler is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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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.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006730-kotle
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006730-kotle, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → heater, process engineering device, pressure vessel
    Topic's main category → Category:Boilers
    Maintenance method → boiler maintenance
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007282664105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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