boom

in sailing, a spar along the bottom edge of a fore and aft rigged sail
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boom

Summary

boom is a ship element[1]. boom draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (ship_element category, ranking #49 of 117).[2]

Key Facts

  • boom's instance of is recorded as ship element[3].
  • boom's instance of is recorded as nautical term[4].
  • boom is a type of physical technological component[5].
  • boom's Commons category is recorded as Booms (sailing)[6].
  • boom's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • boom's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • boom's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[9].
  • boom's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • boom's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • boom's different from is recorded as Bom[12].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ship element[3] and nautical term[4].

Why It Matters

boom draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (ship_element category, ranking #49 of 117).[2] boom has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] boom is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). boom. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/boom-q811491
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_boom-q811491_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{boom}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/boom-q811491}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Subclass of physical technological component
    Instance of ship element, nautical term
    Different from Bom
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25141, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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