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marble

small, hard spherical toy
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Summary

marble ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,381 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: glass[2]
  • Subclass of: toy[3], ball[4]
  • Has use: marbles game[5], marble run[6]
  • Commons category: Marbles[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Marbles[8]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Shape: sphere[11]
  • Has characteristic: stiffness[12]
  • Different from: Marble game[13]
  • Height: 2 cm[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

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Influence

Things named for marble include The Blue Marble[16], a photograph[17], founded in 1972[18].

Why It Matters

marble has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] marble is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for marble include The Blue Marble[16], a photograph[17], founded in 1972[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → glass, glass
    Instance of → Q223557
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Height → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+2'}
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007563685405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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