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cloud cover

fraction of the sky obscured by clouds when observed from a particular location
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cloud cover

Summary

cloud cover ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (874 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cloud cover is a type of physical quantity[2].
  • cloud cover is a type of dimensionless quantity[3].
  • cloud cover is a type of ratio[4].
  • cloud cover's Commons category is recorded as Cloud cover[5].
  • cloud cover's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • cloud cover's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7].
  • cloud cover's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • cloud cover's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical quantity[2], dimensionless quantity[3], and ratio[4].

Why It Matters

cloud cover ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (874 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2282665
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → physical quantity, dimensionless quantity, ratio
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283918305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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