kite
tethered aircraft often tied with a rope or string
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Summary
kite is an aircraft class[1]. kite draws 4,808 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft class category, ranking #4 of 26).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: aerodyne[3], unpowered aircraft[4], toy[5]
- Has use: game[6], surveillance[7], toy[8]
- Commons category: Kites[9]
- Unicode character: 🪁[10]
- Source of energy: wind power[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kites[12]
- Commons gallery: Kite[13]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[14], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18]
- Shape: kite[19]
- Different from: Latawiec[20], dragon[21], kite[22]
- Uses: tether[23]
- Connects with: tether[24]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q136389363[25]
- Practiced by: Q104737963[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27], Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - People, knowledge and activities[28]
Body
Influence
Things named for kite include kite experiment[29], an experiment[30].
Why It Matters
kite has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] kite is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for kite include kite experiment[29], an experiment[30].