handrail

type of railing that is designed to be grasped by the hand, commonly found in stairways and escalators
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handrail

Summary

handrail is an architectural element[1]. handrail draws 251 Wikipedia views per month (architectural_element category, ranking #26 of 85).[2]

Key Facts

  • handrail's instance of is recorded as architectural element[3].
  • handrail's instance of is recorded as reference work entry[4].
  • handrail is a type of guard rail[5].
  • handrail is a type of handle[6].
  • handrail's Commons category is recorded as Handrails[7].
  • handrail's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[8].
  • handrail's said to be the same as is recorded as Barandal[9].
  • handrail's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • handrail's published in is recorded as Diccionario de Arquitectura Civil[11].
  • handrail's different from is recorded as guard rail[12].
  • handrail's different from is recorded as Handrail[13].
  • handrail's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02788148-n[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include architectural element[3] and reference work entry[4]. Recorded subclass of include guard rail[5] and handle[6].

Why It Matters

handrail draws 251 Wikipedia views per month (architectural_element category, ranking #26 of 85).[2] handrail has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] handrail is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge
    Said to be the same as Barandal
    Subclass of
    Subclass of guard rail, handle
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012431023305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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