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dust explosion

rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air
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dust explosion

Summary

dust explosion ranks in the top 0.17% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,670 views/month, #134 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • dust explosion is a type of explosion[2].
  • dust explosion's Commons category is recorded as Dust explosions[3].
  • dust explosion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dust explosions[4].
  • dust explosion's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • dust explosion's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • dust explosion's class of object is recorded as dust[7].

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Definition and Type

dust explosion is a type of explosion[2].

Why It Matters

dust explosion ranks in the top 0.17% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,670 views/month, #134 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → dust
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Dust explosions
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20247, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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