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lye

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lye

Summary

lye ranks in the top 0.67% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,612 views/month, #520 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • lye is made of alkali hydroxide[2].
  • lye is a type of aqueous solution[3].
  • lye's topic's main category is recorded as Q32438338[4].
  • lye's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • lye's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • lye's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • lye's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].

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Definition and Type

lye is a type of aqueous solution[3].

Why It Matters

lye ranks in the top 0.67% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,612 views/month, #520 of 77,819).[1] lye has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] lye is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Q32438338
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +1
    Subclass of → aqueous solution
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11974, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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