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building material

material used for construction purposes
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building material

Summary

building material ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • building material is a type of material[2].
  • building material is a type of construction product[3].
  • building material is used for construction[4].
  • building material's Commons category is recorded as Construction materials[5].
  • building material's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Building materials[6].
  • building material's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • building material's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[8].
  • building material's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include material[2] and construction product[3].

Use and Application

building material is used for construction[4].

Why It Matters

building material ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. 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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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has use → construction
    Topic's main category → Category:Building materials
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1741, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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