hourglass

Summary

hourglass ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,101 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• hourglass is a type of timepiece^[2].
• hourglass is a type of timepiece^[3].
• hourglass is used for chronometry^[4].
• hourglass's Commons category is recorded as Hourglasses^[5].
• hourglass's Unicode character is recorded as ⌛^[6].
• hourglass's Unicode character is recorded as ⏳^[7].
• hourglass comprises ampoule^[8].
• hourglass comprises granular material^[9].
• hourglass's source of energy is recorded as gravity^[10].
• hourglass's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hourglasses^[11].
• hourglass's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• hourglass's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[13].
• hourglass's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• hourglass's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[15].
• hourglass's shape is recorded as hyperboloid^[16].
• hourglass's different from is recorded as water clock^[17].
• hourglass's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03544143-n^[18].
• hourglass's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/id/03549323-n^[19].
• hourglass's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include timepiece^[2].

Use and Application

hourglass is used for chronometry^[4]. Components include ampoule^[8] and granular material^[9].

Influence

Things named for hourglass include Hourglass Nebula^[21], a planetary nebula^[22] and Hourglass Lake^[23], a lake^[24].

Why It Matters

hourglass ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,101 views/month).^[1] hourglass has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] hourglass is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]

Entities named for hourglass include Hourglass Nebula^[21], a planetary nebula^[22] and Hourglass Lake^[23], a lake^[24].