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tool used to remove fine amounts of material
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Summary

file ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • file is a type of hand tool[2].
  • file is used for filing[3].
  • file's Commons category is recorded as Hand files[4].
  • file's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Files (tool)[5].
  • file's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[6].
  • file's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • file's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • file's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • file's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • file's different from is recorded as rasp[11].
  • file's different from is recorded as File[12].

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Definition and Type

file is a type of hand tool[2].

Use and Application

file is used for filing[3].

Why It Matters

file ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month).[1] file has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] file is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → hand tool
    Different from → rasp, File
    Subclass of → —
    Has use → filing
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531243005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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