clay

Summary

clay is a type of material^[1]. clay draws 3,790 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_material category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• clay's instance of is recorded as type of material^[3].
• clay's instance of is recorded as type material^[4].
• clay is made of clay minerals^[5].
• clay is a type of clastic sediment^[6].
• clay is a type of malleable material^[7].
• clay is a type of sculpture material^[8].
• clay's Commons category is recorded as Clay^[9].
• clay comprises kaolinite^[10].
• clay comprises water^[11].
• clay comprises pigment^[12].
• clay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clay^[13].
• clay's Commons gallery is recorded as Clay^[14].
• clay's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as resource=clay^[15].
• clay's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[16].
• clay's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[17].
• clay's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[18].
• clay's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• clay's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• clay's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• clay's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• clay's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• clay's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[24].
• clay's different from is recorded as glaze pottery^[25].
• clay's different from is recorded as clay grain^[26].
• clay's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002982^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of material^[3] and type material^[4]. Recorded subclass of include clastic sediment^[6], malleable material^[7], and sculpture material^[8].

Use and Application

Components include kaolinite^[10], a mineral species^[28]; water^[11], a type of chemical entity^[29]; and pigment^[12].

Influence

Things named for clay include Clay City^[30], a city in the United States^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1890^[33] and Tecla house^[34], a residential building^[35], in Italy^[36], founded in 2021^[37].

Why It Matters

clay draws 3,790 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_material category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2] clay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] clay is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for clay include Clay City^[30], a city in the United States^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1890^[33] and Tecla house^[34], a residential building^[35], in Italy^[36], founded in 2021^[37].