explosion

sudden release of energy through high temperatures and gas expansion
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explosion

Summary

explosion is a cause of death[1]. explosion draws 1,524 Wikipedia views per month (cause_of_death category, ranking #23 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • explosion's instance of is recorded as cause of death[3].
  • explosion's instance of is recorded as accident[4].
  • explosion's instance of is recorded as key event[5].
  • explosion is a type of process[6].
  • explosion is a type of hazard[7].
  • explosion's Commons category is recorded as Explosions[8].
  • explosion is the opposite of implosion[9].
  • explosion's Unicode character is recorded as 💥[10].
  • explosion's has cause is recorded as explosive chemicals[11].
  • explosion's has cause is recorded as explosive device[12].
  • explosion's has cause is recorded as chemical reaction[13].
  • explosion's has cause is recorded as nuclear reaction[14].
  • explosion's has cause is recorded as electric arc[15].
  • explosion's has cause is recorded as fracture[16].
  • explosion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Explosions[17].
  • explosion's Commons gallery is recorded as Explosion[18].
  • explosion's depicted by is recorded as IOP 1954 Episode 218[19].
  • explosion's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[20].
  • explosion's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[21].
  • explosion's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[22].
  • explosion's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[23].
  • explosion's partially coincident with is recorded as combustion[24].
  • explosion's has immediate cause is recorded as pressure[25].
  • explosion's has immediate cause is recorded as adiabatic expansion[26].
  • explosion's contributing factor of is recorded as aerosol[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include cause of death[3], accident[4], and key event[5]. Recorded subclass of include process[6] and hazard[7]. explosion is the opposite of implosion[9].

Influence

Things named for explosion include Blasted Hell[28], a film[29], directed by Ivan Lukinsky[30]; Booooooom[31], a website[32], in Canada[33], founded in 2008[34]; and Boom[35], a video game[36].

Why It Matters

explosion draws 1,524 Wikipedia views per month (cause_of_death category, ranking #23 of 59).[2] explosion has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] explosion is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for explosion include Blasted Hell[28], a film[29], directed by Ivan Lukinsky[30]; Booooooom[31], a website[32], in Canada[33], founded in 2008[34]; and Boom[35], a video game[36].

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.
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  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.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . 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. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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