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lamp

part of a light fixture that produces the light
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lamp

Summary

lamp is a type of physical object by use[1]. lamp draws 1,145 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_physical_object_by_use category, ranking #1,871 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • lamp's instance of is recorded as type of physical object by use[3].
  • lamp is a type of light source[4].
  • lamp is a type of lighting device[5].
  • lamp is part of light fixture[6].
  • lamp is used for lighting[7].
  • lamp's Commons category is recorded as Lamps[8].
  • lamp's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Types of lamp[9].
  • lamp's Commons gallery is recorded as Lamp[10].
  • lamp's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11].
  • lamp's different from is recorded as Lampe[12].
  • lamp's different from is recorded as candle[13].
  • lamp's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000566[14].

Body

Definition and Type

lamp's instance of is recorded as type of physical object by use[3]. Recorded subclass of include light source[4] and lighting device[5].

Use and Application

lamp is used for lighting[7]. lamp is part of light fixture[6].

Influence

Things named for lamp include Lamp-flora[15].

Why It Matters

lamp draws 1,145 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_physical_object_by_use category, ranking #1,871 of 6).[2] lamp has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] lamp is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for lamp include Lamp-flora[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . 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. 15d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb keyword → lamp
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → technology/lamp
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: technology/lamp"
  2. 8w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → lighting
    Biblissima authority id → Q295178
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295178, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 10w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of physical object by use
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q123035442]]"
  4. 14w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0254002-lampy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0254002-lampy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  5. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Types of lamp
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13009, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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