earthworks

engineering work created through the moving or processing of parts of the earth's surface
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earthworks

Summary

earthworks is an activity[1]. earthworks draws 538 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #101 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • earthworks's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • earthworks is a type of architectural structure[4].
  • earthworks is a type of mound[5].
  • earthworks is part of architectural engineering[6].
  • earthworks is part of construction[7].
  • earthworks's Commons category is recorded as Earthworks[8].
  • earthworks comprises digging[9].
  • earthworks comprises stiffening[10].
  • earthworks's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Earthworks (engineering)[11].
  • earthworks's product or material produced is recorded as ditch[12].
  • earthworks's product or material produced is recorded as trench[13].
  • earthworks's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[14].
  • earthworks's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • earthworks's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • earthworks's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • earthworks's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18].
  • earthworks's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[19].
  • earthworks's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[20].
  • earthworks's different from is recorded as earthworks[21].
  • earthworks's fabrication method is recorded as digging[22].
  • earthworks's uses is recorded as heavy equipment[23].
  • earthworks's uses is recorded as deep foundation[24].

Body

Definition and Type

earthworks's instance of is recorded as activity[3]. Recorded subclass of include architectural structure[4] and mound[5].

Use and Application

Components include digging[9], an activity[25] and stiffening[10]. Part of include architectural engineering[6], a branch of engineering[26] and construction[7], an economic activity[27].

Why It Matters

earthworks draws 538 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #101 of 272).[2] earthworks has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] earthworks is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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