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mechanism

device designed to transform input forces and movement into a desired set of output forces and movement
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mechanism

Summary

mechanism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (148 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mechanism's image is recorded as Rack and pinion.png[2].
  • mechanism's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11979893h[3].
  • mechanism's subclass of is recorded as engineered physical system[4].
  • mechanism's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00565790[5].
  • mechanism's part of is recorded as machine[6].
  • mechanism's part of is recorded as mechanical system[7].
  • mechanism's Commons category is recorded as Machine elements[8].
  • mechanism's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Mechanismus.ogg[9].
  • mechanism's said to be the same as is recorded as linkage[10].
  • mechanism's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 6004[11].
  • mechanism's has part is recorded as machine element[12].
  • mechanism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05f4qny[13].
  • mechanism's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph136663[14].
  • mechanism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mechanisms (engineering)[15].
  • mechanism's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 621.8[16].
  • mechanism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • mechanism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • mechanism's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • mechanism's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/mechanism-machinery[20].
  • mechanism's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00054065n[21].
  • mechanism's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as mecanique-mecanismes[22].
  • mechanism's Treccani ID is recorded as meccanismo[23].
  • mechanism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Mechanisms[24].
  • mechanism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 174166178[25].
  • mechanism's Krugosvet article is recorded as nauka_i_tehnika/tehnologiya_i_promyshlennost/MASHINI_I_MEHANIZMI.html[26].

Why It Matters

mechanism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (148 views/month).[1] mechanism has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] mechanism is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . 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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