duck test

Summary

duck test is an abductive reasoning^[1]. It draws 368 Wikipedia views per month (abductive_reasoning category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• duck test's image is recorded as A walk along the South Thompson River at Riverside park in Kamloops - female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - (19162545530) (cropped).jpg^[3].
• duck test's instance of is recorded as abductive reasoning^[4].
• duck test's subclass of is recorded as test^[5].
• duck test's opposite of is recorded as distinction without a difference^[6].
• duck test's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06478w^[7].
• duck test's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777000646^[8].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for duck test include duck typing^[9], a typing discipline^[10].

Why It Matters

duck test draws 368 Wikipedia views per month (abductive_reasoning category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[11] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[12]

Entities named for it include duck typing^[9], a typing discipline^[10].