dew

water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening
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dew

Summary

dew ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,194 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dew is made of water[2].
  • dew is a type of hydrometeor[3].
  • dew is a type of condensation water[4].
  • dew's Commons category is recorded as Dew[5].
  • dew's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dew[6].
  • dew's Commons gallery is recorded as Dew[7].
  • dew's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • dew's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • dew's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10].
  • dew's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • dew's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[12].
  • dew's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • dew's different from is recorded as Rosa[14].
  • dew's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hydrometeor[3] and condensation water[4].

Influence

Things named for dew include Ambon Island[16], an island[17], in Indonesia[18]; ROSA Linux[19], a Linux distribution[20], founded in 2010[21]; and Sinus Roris[22], a sinus[23].

Why It Matters

dew ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,194 views/month).[1] dew has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] dew is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for dew include Ambon Island[16], an island[17], in Indonesia[18]; ROSA Linux[19], a Linux distribution[20], founded in 2010[21]; and Sinus Roris[22], a sinus[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material water
    Subclass of
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Gujin Tushu Jicheng +3
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: dew, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919519|dew (#289919519)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
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