forceps

handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects
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forceps

Summary

forceps ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • forceps's image is recorded as Richet-type forceps, Paris, France, 1851-1900 Wellcome L0057983.jpg[2].
  • forceps's subclass of is recorded as tweezers[3].
  • forceps's subclass of is recorded as holding and gripping tool[4].
  • forceps's Commons category is recorded as Forceps[5].
  • forceps's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02zh7l[6].
  • forceps's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Forceps[7].
  • forceps's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300400465[8].
  • forceps's UNSPSC code is recorded as 42142001[9].
  • forceps's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776914593[10].
  • forceps's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 9647[11].
  • forceps's KBpedia ID is recorded as Forceps[12].
  • forceps's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03386077-n[13].
  • forceps's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2776914593[14].
  • forceps's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as FORCEPS[15].
  • forceps's FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID is recorded as 95276[16].

Why It Matters

forceps ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).[1] forceps has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] forceps is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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