modius

Ancient Roman unit for dry measures
Intangible dry_measure Q669909
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modius

Summary

modius is a dry measure[1]. modius draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (dry_measure category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • modius's image is recorded as Modio de Ponte Puñide (M.A.N. 1930-16-1) 01.jpg[3].
  • modius's instance of is recorded as dry measure[4].
  • modius's instance of is recorded as ancient Roman unit of volume[5].
  • modius's measured physical quantity is recorded as volume[6].
  • modius's part of is recorded as Ancient Roman units of measurement[7].
  • modius's Commons category is recorded as Modius[8].
  • modius's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • modius's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • modius's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/modius[11].
  • modius's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25517', 'amount': '+0.008736'}[12].
  • modius's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14333713', 'amount': '+16'}[13].
  • modius's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11582', 'amount': '+8.736'}[14].
  • modius's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11582', 'amount': '+8.75'}[15].
  • modius's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11582', 'amount': '+8.754'}[16].
  • modius's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11925390', 'amount': '+32'}[17].
  • modius's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1591924', 'amount': '+192'}[18].
  • modius's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25927192', 'amount': '+1'}[19].
  • modius's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121_bxv0[20].
  • modius's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q669909 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[21].
  • modius's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as Modius[22].

Why It Matters

modius draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (dry_measure category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] modius has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] modius is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . homepage.usask.ca. Retrieved . homepage.usask.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . livius.org. Retrieved . livius.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q56493957. Retrieved . homepage.usask.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . livius.org. Retrieved . livius.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q45277064. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q112220332. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q56493957. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q56493957. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q24468206. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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