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compass rose

figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions
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compass rose

Summary

compass rose ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (492 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • compass rose's image is recorded as Compass-rose-32-pt.svg[2].
  • compass rose's image is recorded as Les 32 vents de Provence.jpg[3].
  • rose is named after compass rose[4].
  • wind is named after compass rose[5].
  • compass rose's subclass of is recorded as diagram[6].
  • compass rose's subclass of is recorded as motif[7].
  • compass rose's subclass of is recorded as map element[8].
  • compass rose's part of is recorded as map[9].
  • compass rose's Commons category is recorded as Compass roses[10].
  • compass rose's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 38283[11].
  • compass rose's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01tx78[12].
  • compass rose's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Compass roses[13].
  • compass rose's Commons gallery is recorded as Compass rose[14].
  • compass rose's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300255315[15].
  • compass rose's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10631737[16].
  • compass rose's facet of is recorded as classical compass winds[17].
  • compass rose's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=compass_rose[18].
  • compass rose's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0208742[19].
  • compass rose's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0208743[20].
  • compass rose's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • compass rose's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/compass-rose[22].
  • compass rose's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3513154[23].
  • compass rose's Quora topic ID is recorded as Compass-Rose-1[24].
  • compass rose's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 80201310[25].
  • compass rose's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3969584[26].

Why It Matters

compass rose ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (492 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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