chimney

structure that provides ventilation for exhausting the hot or toxic flue gases, aerosols and smokes produced by a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace inside a building to the outside atmosphere
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chimney

Summary

chimney ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,279 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • chimney is a type of architectural element[2].
  • chimney is a type of architectural structure[3].
  • chimney is a type of fluid accelerator[4].
  • chimney's Commons category is recorded as Chimneys[5].
  • chimney's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chimneys[6].
  • chimney's Commons gallery is recorded as Chimney[7].
  • chimney's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=chimney[8].
  • chimney's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • chimney's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • chimney's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition[11].
  • chimney's topic has template is recorded as Q10597204[12].
  • chimney's used by is recorded as oven[13].
  • chimney's used by is recorded as fireplace[14].
  • chimney's different from is recorded as Q11741576[15].
  • chimney's maintenance method is recorded as cleaning of chimneys[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include architectural element[2], architectural structure[3], and fluid accelerator[4].

Use and Application

Recorded used by include oven[13] and fireplace[14].

Why It Matters

chimney ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,279 views/month).[1] chimney has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] chimney is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0006540-kominy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006540-kominy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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