opposed-piston engine

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opposed-piston engine

Summary

opposed-piston engine is an engine configuration[1]. It draws 367 Wikipedia views per month (engine_configuration category, ranking #12 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • opposed-piston engine's video is recorded as Simpson's Balanced 2-Stroke of 1914 high-res animation.gif[3].
  • opposed-piston engine's image is recorded as Diesel2D100.jpg[4].
  • opposed-piston engine's instance of is recorded as engine configuration[5].
  • opposed-piston engine's GND ID is recorded as 7720241-7[6].
  • opposed-piston engine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2009008102[7].
  • opposed-piston engine's subclass of is recorded as reciprocating engine[8].
  • opposed-piston engine's subclass of is recorded as combustion engine[9].
  • opposed-piston engine's Commons category is recorded as Opposed piston engines[10].
  • opposed-piston engine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zzl9[11].
  • opposed-piston engine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/opposed-piston-engine[12].
  • opposed-piston engine's properties for this type is recorded as P1100[13].
  • opposed-piston engine's properties for this type is recorded as P1002[14].
  • opposed-piston engine's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 82029590[15].
  • opposed-piston engine's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007552371005171[16].
  • opposed-piston engine's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 1683[17].
  • opposed-piston engine's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/02f5e0eb-6322-4ef2-8f80-f77d31c3122e[18].

Why It Matters

opposed-piston engine draws 367 Wikipedia views per month (engine_configuration category, ranking #12 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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