decapitation

complete separation of the head from the body
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decapitation

Summary

decapitation is an execution method[1]. decapitation ranks in the top 10% of execution_method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,751 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • decapitation's image is recorded as Chinese to be beheaded in Nanking Massacre.jpg[3].
  • decapitation's instance of is recorded as execution method[4].
  • decapitation's instance of is recorded as cause of death[5].
  • head is named after decapitation[6].
  • decapitation's GND ID is recorded as 4369008-7[7].
  • decapitation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh89006220[8].
  • decapitation's subclass of is recorded as capital punishment[9].
  • decapitation's subclass of is recorded as execution[10].
  • decapitation's part of is recorded as hanged, drawn, quartered and decapitated[11].
  • decapitation's Commons category is recorded as Decapitation[12].
  • decapitation's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D049248[13].
  • decapitation's ICD-10 ID is recorded as S18[14].
  • decapitation's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36865[15].
  • decapitation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jb19[16].
  • decapitation's MeSH tree code is recorded as C26.986.224[17].
  • decapitation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Decapitation[18].
  • decapitation's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX558310[19].
  • decapitation's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300379186[20].
  • decapitation's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 345.0773[21].
  • decapitation's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 364.66[22].
  • decapitation's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1757335[23].
  • decapitation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • decapitation's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[25].
  • decapitation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/beheading[26].
  • decapitation's NALT ID is recorded as 31883[27].

Why It Matters

decapitation ranks in the top 10% of execution_method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,751 views/month).[2] decapitation has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] decapitation is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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