latch

mechanical fastener that can be disengaged to allow motion, e.g. for a door
Thing general Q2477852
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latch

Summary

latch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • latch's image is recorded as Latch lock.jpg[2].
  • latch's subclass of is recorded as joining technology[3].
  • latch's subclass of is recorded as door hardware[4].
  • latch's subclass of is recorded as fastener[5].
  • latch's Commons category is recorded as Door bolts[6].
  • latch's said to be the same as is recorded as catch[7].
  • latch's said to be the same as is recorded as bolt[8].
  • latch's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 50863[9].
  • latch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06v9jt[10].
  • latch's spoken text audio is recorded as Nl-Klink (sluiting)-article.ogg[11].
  • latch's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300033387[12].
  • latch's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 683.31[13].
  • latch's Iconclass notation is recorded as 41A3282[14].
  • latch's Iconclass notation is recorded as 41A3283[15].
  • latch's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0120251[16].
  • latch's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0109922[17].
  • latch's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00050113n[18].
  • latch's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 235[19].
  • latch's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 234[20].
  • latch's TOPCMB ID is recorded as trinco[21].
  • latch's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03502477-n[22].
  • latch's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03650172-n[23].
  • latch's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0025297[24].
  • latch's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as LATCH[25].
  • latch's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as Latch+Catch[26].

Why It Matters

latch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[1] latch has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] latch is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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