coal

Summary

coal has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• coal is a type of solid fuel^[2].
• coal is a type of sedimentary rock^[3].
• coal is used for fuel^[4].
• coal's Commons category is recorded as Coal^[5].
• coal's color is recorded as black^[6].
• coal comprises carbon^[7].
• coal comprises Q16721862^[8].
• coal comprises maceral^[9].
• coal's has cause is recorded as climate change^[10].
• coal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coal^[11].
• coal's Commons gallery is recorded as Coal^[12].
• coal's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as resource=coal^[13].
• coal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• coal's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[15].
• coal's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[16].
• coal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• coal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• coal's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[19].
• coal's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[20].
• coal's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[21].
• coal's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[22].
• coal's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[23].
• coal's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Dreizehnter Band^[24].
• coal's topic has template is recorded as Template:Coal^[25].
• coal's different from is recorded as Carbón^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include solid fuel^[2] and sedimentary rock^[3].

Use and Application

coal is used for fuel^[4]. Components include carbon^[7], a chemical element^[27]; Q16721862^[8]; and maceral^[9].

Influence

Things named for coal include Carbon County^[28], a county of Pennsylvania^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1843^[31]; Coal Center^[32], a borough of Pennsylvania^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1814^[35]; Carboniferous^[36], a period^[37]; Coal City^[38], a village of Illinois^[39], in United States^[40]; Carbondale^[41], an unincorporated community^[42], in United States^[43]; sablefish^[44], a taxon^[45]; Coalwood^[46], a town^[47], in United States^[48], founded in 1905^[49]; and Coalville^[50].

Why It Matters

coal has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] coal is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[51]

Entities named for coal include Carbon County^[28], a county of Pennsylvania^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1843^[31]; Coal Center^[32], a borough of Pennsylvania^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1814^[35]; Carboniferous^[36], a period^[37]; Coal City^[38], a village of Illinois^[39], in United States^[40]; Carbondale^[41], an unincorporated community^[42], in United States^[43]; and sablefish^[44], a taxon^[45].