lava lamp

decorative lamp with container of bolus in clear liquid, which heats up at the bottom and rises before cooling and falling back to the bottom
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lava lamp

Summary

lava lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (720 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lava lamp is credited with the discovery of Edward Craven Walker[2].
  • lava lamp's image is recorded as Lavalampe.jpg[3].
  • lava is named after lava lamp[4].
  • lava lamp's subclass of is recorded as novelty item[5].
  • lava lamp's subclass of is recorded as light fixture[6].
  • lava lamp's subclass of is recorded as kinetic sculpture[7].
  • lava lamp's subclass of is recorded as decorative object[8].
  • lava lamp's Commons category is recorded as Lava lamps[9].
  • lava lamp's has part is recorded as incandescent light bulb[10].
  • lava lamp's has part is recorded as wax[11].
  • lava lamp's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k0kq[12].
  • lava lamp's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lava lamps[13].
  • lava lamp's Commons gallery is recorded as Lava lamp[14].
  • lava lamp's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300375225[15].
  • lava lamp's uses is recorded as convection[16].
  • lava lamp's Quora topic ID is recorded as Lava-Lamp[17].
  • lava lamp's subreddit is recorded as Lavalamps[18].
  • lava lamp's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780636762[19].
  • lava lamp's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 1455[20].
  • lava lamp's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Lampe_à_lave[21].

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Works and Contributions

lava lamp is credited with the discovery of Edward Craven Walker[2]. Things named for it include Lavarand[22], a software[23].

Why It Matters

lava lamp ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (720 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for it include Lavarand[22], a software[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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