flint

sedimentary rock, chert variety
Thing general Q83087
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flint

Summary

flint ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (943 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • flint's image is recorded as Silex-Zaragoza.jpg[2].
  • flint's made from material is recorded as silicon dioxide[3].
  • flint's GND ID is recorded as 4154279-4[4].
  • flint's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85049132[5].
  • flint's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120488232[6].
  • flint's subclass of is recorded as chert[7].
  • flint's Commons category is recorded as Flint (rock)[8].
  • flint's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 33967[9].
  • flint's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0byhp[10].
  • flint's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1040218[11].
  • flint's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flint (rock)[12].
  • flint's Commons gallery is recorded as Flint[13].
  • flint's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011143[14].
  • flint's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 553.65[15].
  • flint's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 532848[16].
  • flint's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • flint's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[18].
  • flint's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • flint's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • flint's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[21].
  • flint's BBC Things ID is recorded as f781516b-4d26-4c35-b1e3-5f966eac4a46[22].
  • flint's different from is recorded as Krzemień[23].
  • flint's YSO ID is recorded as 12701[24].
  • flint's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00035233n[25].
  • flint's Quora topic ID is recorded as Silex[26].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for flint include silicon[27], a chemical element[28] and Silex and the City[29], a comic strip[30], in France[31], written by Jul[32].

Why It Matters

flint ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (943 views/month).[1] flint has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] flint is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for flint include silicon[27], a chemical element[28] and Silex and the City[29], a comic strip[30], in France[31], written by Jul[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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