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locking pliers

pliers that can be locked into position, using an over-center action
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locking pliers

Summary

locking pliers is a hand tool[1]. It draws 172 Wikipedia views per month (hand_tool category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • locking pliers's image is recorded as Locking pliers.jpg[3].
  • locking pliers's instance of is recorded as hand tool[4].
  • locking pliers's subclass of is recorded as pliers[5].
  • locking pliers's Commons category is recorded as Locking pliers[6].
  • locking pliers's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03npntq[7].
  • locking pliers's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i55784[8].
  • locking pliers's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777109389[9].
  • locking pliers's TOPCMB ID is recorded as alicate de pressao[10].
  • locking pliers's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03689550-n[11].
  • locking pliers's WikiKids ID is recorded as Griptang[12].

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Designation and Status

locking pliers's instance of is recorded as hand tool[4].

Why It Matters

locking pliers draws 172 Wikipedia views per month (hand_tool category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). locking pliers. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/locking-pliers
MLA “locking pliers.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/locking-pliers.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_locking-pliers_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{locking pliers}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/locking-pliers}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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