century

unit of time lasting 100 years
Intangible unit_of_time Q578
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century

Summary

century is an unit of time[1]. century draws 2,187 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_time category, ranking #13 of 82).[2]

Key Facts

  • century's instance of is recorded as unit of time[3].
  • century's instance of is recorded as multiple of an unit[4].
  • century's measured physical quantity is recorded as duration[5].
  • century is a type of time interval[6].
  • century is a type of hectad[7].
  • century is part of millennium[8].
  • century's Commons category is recorded as Centuries[9].
  • century comprises decade[10].
  • century comprises year[11].
  • century's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Centuries[12].
  • century's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • century's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • century's topic has template is recorded as Q10734471[15].
  • century's different from is recorded as Wiek[16].
  • century's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3155716800'}[17].
  • century's Wikidata time precision is recorded as {'amount': '+7'}[18].
  • century's exact match is recorded as https://www.w3.org/TR/owl-time/#time:unitCentury[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include unit of time[3] and multiple of an unit[4]. Recorded subclass of include time interval[6] and hectad[7].

Use and Application

Components include decade[10] and year[11], an unit of time[20]. century is part of millennium[8].

Why It Matters

century draws 2,187 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_time category, ranking #13 of 82).[2] century has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] century is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org. wikidata.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . 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. 16d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Conversion to standard unit {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3155716800'}
    Harper's tag century
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: century, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289918209|century (#289918209)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 9w ago · Stuchalk · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Instance of
    Conversion to standard unit {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3155716800'}
    Part of millennium
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2370]]: 3,155,716,800±43,200 second"
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