bow
ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device and long-shafted projectiles
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Summary
bow is a weapon type[1]. bow draws 3,096 Wikipedia views per month (weapon type category, ranking #339 of 694).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: draft weapon[3], sporting weapon[4], neuroballistic weapon[5]
- Part of: bow and arrow[6]
- Commons category: Bows (archery)[7]
- Has part(s): bow string[8], bow limbs[9], Siper[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bows (archery)[11]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[12], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[16], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[17], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[18], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20]
- Different from: bow[21], Allium[22]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02879718-n[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
- P14470: Objects/Bow[25]
- P14870: ont00001373[26]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for bow include Velikiye Luki[27], an urban okrug in Russia[28], in Russia[29]; Bow River[30], a river[31], in Canada[32]; Cupid's bow[33]; and Dhanurasana[34], an asana[35].
Why It Matters
bow has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] bow is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for bow include Velikiye Luki[27], an urban okrug in Russia[28], in Russia[29]; Bow River[30], a river[31], in Canada[32]; Cupid's bow[33]; and Dhanurasana[34], an asana[35].