ladder

vertical set of rungs or steps for climbing or descending
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ladder

Summary

ladder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (943 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ladder is a type of physical tool[2].
  • ladder is a type of access equipment[3].
  • ladder is a type of stairs[4].
  • ladder is used for work at height[5].
  • ladder is used for building maintenance[6].
  • ladder is used for ascent[7].
  • ladder is used for descent[8].
  • ladder's Commons category is recorded as Ladders[9].
  • ladder's Unicode character is recorded as 🪜[10].
  • ladder's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ladders[11].
  • ladder's Commons gallery is recorded as Ladder[12].
  • ladder's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[13].
  • ladder's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • ladder's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[15].
  • ladder's described by source is recorded as EN 131‑1[16].
  • ladder's partially coincident with is recorded as folding ladder[17].
  • ladder's different from is recorded as Drabina[18].
  • ladder's different from is recorded as stairs[19].
  • ladder's has part is recorded as step[20].
  • ladder's has part is recorded as side rail[21].
  • ladder's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical tool[2], access equipment[3], and stairs[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include work at height[5], building maintenance[6], ascent[7], and descent[8].

Influence

Things named for ladder include ladder operator[23]; ladder paradox[24], a paradox[25]; and 12ft[26], a website[27].

Why It Matters

ladder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (943 views/month).[1] ladder has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ladder is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for ladder include ladder operator[23]; ladder paradox[24], a paradox[25]; and 12ft[26], a website[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ladders
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: ladders, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289946941|ladders (#289946941)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Ladder
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Ladder, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0265598-zebriky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0265598-zebriky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → work at height, building maintenance, ascent +1
    Different from → Drabina, stairs
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → physical tool, access equipment, stairs
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1460, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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