hook and loop fastener

system for repeated quick opening and closing between two (usually flexible) surfaces
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hook and loop fastener

Summary

hook and loop fastener ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (686 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hook and loop fastener is credited with the discovery of George de Mestral[2].
  • hook and loop fastener's image is recorded as Velcro photomicrograph.jpg[3].
  • hook and loop fastener's image is recorded as Velcro6.jpg[4].
  • hook and loop fastener's GND ID is recorded as 4702685-6[5].
  • hook and loop fastener's subclass of is recorded as fastener[6].
  • hook and loop fastener's Commons category is recorded as Hook-and-loop fasteners[7].
  • hook and loop fastener's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • hook and loop fastener's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0zmy2j9[9].
  • Arctium lappa inspired hook and loop fastener[10].
  • hook and loop fastener's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300239275[11].
  • hook and loop fastener's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0281264[12].
  • hook and loop fastener's different from is recorded as Velcro[13].
  • hook and loop fastener's different from is recorded as Velcro[14].
  • hook and loop fastener's montage image is recorded as Hook and loop fastener collage.png[15].
  • hook and loop fastener's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as borrelås[16].
  • hook and loop fastener's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • hook and loop fastener's Klexikon article ID is recorded as Klettverschluss[18].
  • hook and loop fastener's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 6839[19].
  • hook and loop fastener's Google Product Taxonomy ID is recorded as 6145[20].
  • hook and loop fastener's WikiKids ID is recorded as Klittenband[21].
  • hook and loop fastener's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as veta-adherent[22].
  • hook and loop fastener's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 43445[23].

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Works and Contributions

hook and loop fastener is credited with the discovery of George de Mestral[2].

Why It Matters

hook and loop fastener ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (686 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . velcro.com. velcro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . content.time.com. content.time.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . velcro.com. velcro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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