nail
sharp object of hard metal used as a fastener
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Summary
nail ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,339 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Made from material: wire[2]
- Subclass of: non-durable goods[3], fastener[4], metal product[5], art material[6], physical tool[7], woodworking tool[8], artificial physical object[9]
- Has use: construction[10], assembly[11]
- Commons category: Metal nails[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Metal nails[13]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], The New Student's Reference Work[19]
- Used by: construction worker[20]
- Different from: On the Nail[21], Nagel[22]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103762541-n[23], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03804744-n[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]
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Influence
Things named for nail include cuneiform[26], a writing system[27], founded in -3000[28] and Proto-cuneiform[29], a cuneiform[30], founded in -3500[31].
Why It Matters
nail has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] nail is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for nail include cuneiform[26], a writing system[27], founded in -3000[28] and Proto-cuneiform[29], a cuneiform[30], founded in -3500[31].