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hovercraft

vehicle capable of movement within ground effect at speed or stationary over all surfaces without contact
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hovercraft

Summary

hovercraft ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,070 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hovercraft is credited with the discovery of Christopher Cockerell[2].
  • hovercraft is a type of amphibious vehicle[3].
  • hovercraft's Commons category is recorded as Hovercraft[4].
  • hovercraft's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1955[5].
  • hovercraft's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hovercraft[6].
  • hovercraft's Commons gallery is recorded as Hovercraft[7].
  • hovercraft's different from is recorded as airboat[8].
  • hovercraft's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180154', 'amount': '+150'}[9].
  • hovercraft's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Not all hovercraft are watercraft, so add watercraft if needed'}[10].
  • hovercraft's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].
  • hovercraft's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/hovercraft[12].

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Definition and Type

hovercraft is a type of amphibious vehicle[3].

Why It Matters

hovercraft ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,070 views/month).[1] hovercraft has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] hovercraft is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Christopher Cockerell

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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