knot

unit of speed
Intangible unit_of_speed Q128822
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knot

Summary

knot is an unit of speed[1]. knot draws 5,174 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_speed category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • knot's instance of is recorded as unit of speed[3].
  • knot's instance of is recorded as UCUM derived unit[4].
  • knot's measured physical quantity is recorded as speed[5].
  • knot is named after knot[6].
  • knot's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • knot's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • knot's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[9].
  • knot's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • knot's different from is recorded as knot[11].
  • knot's different from is recorded as knot[12].
  • knot's different from is recorded as knot (UK)[13].
  • knot's different from is recorded as wick[14].
  • knot's different from is recorded as candle wick[15].
  • knot's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+0.5144444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444'}[16].
  • knot's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180154', 'amount': '+1.852'}[17].
  • knot's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q128822 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[18].
  • knot's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • knot's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'kn'}[20].
  • knot's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'уз'}[21].
  • knot's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'kn'}[22].
  • knot's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'kn'}[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include unit of speed[3] and UCUM derived unit[4].

Origins

knot is named after knot[6].

Why It Matters

knot draws 5,174 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_speed category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] knot has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] knot is known by 36 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. [5] . Q24499306. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q24499306. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 4d ago · Ninrouter · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Measured physical quantity speed
    Named after
    Named after knot
    Conversion to si unit {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+0.51444444444444444444444444
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P2370]]: 0.514 metre per second"
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