dowsing

pseudoscientific attempts to locate underground objects
Intangible technique Q64434026
dowsing
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dowsing

Summary

dowsing is a technique[1]. dowsing ranks in the top 0.72% of technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,627 views/month, #3 of 416).[2]

Key Facts

  • dowsing's image is recorded as De Kamerleden Van Kol en Alberda Albarda als wichelroedelopers, SFA022815859.jpg[3].
  • dowsing's instance of is recorded as technique[4].
  • dowsing's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85038609[5].
  • dowsing's subclass of is recorded as radiesthesia[6].
  • dowsing's Commons category is recorded as Dowsing[7].
  • dowsing's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • dowsing's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[9].
  • dowsing's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/dowsing[10].
  • dowsing's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc62l6lj[11].
  • dowsing's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11jg4kp9y8[12].
  • dowsing's practiced by is recorded as dowser[13].
  • dowsing's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as dowsing[14].
  • dowsing's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007557947705171[15].
  • dowsing's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as fmwvzawk[16].
  • dowsing's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/f05c03fb-a0d0-4540-aa28-a8e17a376f41[17].

Why It Matters

dowsing ranks in the top 0.72% of technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,627 views/month, #3 of 416).[2] dowsing has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] dowsing is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dowsing. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dowsing
MLA “dowsing.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dowsing.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dowsing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dowsing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dowsing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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