crankshaft

part of an engine or other machine that is cranked by, or cranks, pistons via connecting rods; is connected to the flywheel
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crankshaft

Summary

crankshaft ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • crankshaft's image is recorded as Cshaft.gif[2].
  • crankshaft's GND ID is recorded as 4166202-7[3].
  • crankshaft's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85033760[4].
  • crankshaft's subclass of is recorded as machine element[5].
  • crankshaft's part of is recorded as engine[6].
  • crankshaft's Commons category is recorded as Crankshafts[7].
  • crankshaft's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 40790[8].
  • crankshaft's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/021z3[9].
  • crankshaft's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crankshafts[10].
  • crankshaft's Commons gallery is recorded as Crankshaft[11].
  • crankshaft's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 629.252[12].
  • crankshaft's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 621.437[13].
  • crankshaft's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1018997[14].
  • crankshaft's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0090476[15].
  • crankshaft's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[16].
  • crankshaft's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • crankshaft's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/crankshaft[18].
  • crankshaft's different from is recorded as Q21424030[19].
  • crankshaft's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00023554n[20].
  • crankshaft's Quora topic ID is recorded as Crankshaft[21].
  • crankshaft's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as crankshafts[22].
  • crankshaft's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776981777[23].
  • crankshaft's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007531268405171[24].
  • crankshaft's KBpedia ID is recorded as CrankShaft[25].
  • crankshaft's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03132059-n[26].

Why It Matters

crankshaft ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[1] crankshaft has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). crankshaft. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/crankshaft
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