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dice

throwable object (usually but not necessarily a cube) with multiple resting positions, used for generating random integers or outcomes
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dice

Summary

dice ranks in the top 0.82% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,886 views/month, #636 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • dice is a type of game equipment[2].
  • dice is used for random number generation[3].
  • dice is used for game mechanic[4].
  • dice's Commons category is recorded as Dice[5].
  • dice's Unicode character is recorded as 🎲[6].
  • dice's Unicode character is recorded as ⚀[7].
  • dice's Unicode character is recorded as ⚁[8].
  • dice's Unicode character is recorded as ⚂[9].
  • dice's Unicode character is recorded as ⚃[10].
  • dice's Unicode character is recorded as ⚄[11].
  • dice's Unicode character is recorded as ⚅[12].
  • dice's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dice[13].
  • dice's notation is recorded as d-notation[14].
  • dice's Commons gallery is recorded as Dice by number of sides[15].
  • dice's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16].
  • dice's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • dice's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • dice's shape is recorded as cube[19].
  • dice's topic has template is recorded as Template:Dice[20].
  • dice's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/dice[21].
  • dice's different from is recorded as cube[22].
  • dice's different from is recorded as Die[23].
  • dice's hashtag is recorded as Würfel[24].
  • dice's hashtag is recorded as Dice[25].
  • dice's hashtag is recorded as Spielwürfel[26].

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Definition and Type

dice is a type of game equipment[2].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include random number generation[3] and game mechanic[4].

Why It Matters

dice ranks in the top 0.82% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,886 views/month, #636 of 77,819).[1] dice has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] dice is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . 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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  1. 10d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic has template → Template:Dice
    Shape → cube
    Zhihu topic id → 19745667
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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