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Summary

particular ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,288 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • particular is a type of individual item[2].
  • particular is the opposite of universals[3].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Individual[4].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular[5].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular[6].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/nemo/gufo#Individual[7].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.ontospace.uni-bremen.de/ontology/stable/GUM-3.owl#GUMThing[8].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/medicine/frame-ontology/class12.html[9].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/common/Particular[10].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Entity[11].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as http://smartweb.semanticweb.org/ontology/smartdolce#entity[12].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/DOLCE/OWL/DOLCEbasic#Particular[13].
  • particular's equivalent class is recorded as http:///www.thezfiles.co.za/ontologies/FFO.owl#Entity[14].
  • particular's different from is recorded as entity[15].
  • particular's different from is recorded as entity[16].
  • particular's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[17].
  • particular's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[18].
  • particular's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[19].
  • particular's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[20].
  • particular's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Ontology[21].
  • particular's entry in abbreviations table is recorded as PT[22].

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Definition and Type

particular is a type of individual item[2]. particular is the opposite of universals[3].

Why It Matters

particular ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,288 views/month).[1] particular has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] particular is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . General formal ontology. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . General formal ontology. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . YAMATO. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Q141163319. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Q141439378. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Q141439101. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Q141182185. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Q141222183. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . DOLCE+DnS Ultralite. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Q141177877. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Q141575509. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Q141527475. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . General formal ontology. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Q141163319. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . General formal ontology. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Q141439101. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Quora topic id → Particulars
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ckb', 'en', 'et', 'fi', 'hi', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'ku', 'pt', 'tr', 'zh']
    Equivalent class → http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Individual, http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular, http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular +8
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/DOLCE/OWL/DOLCEbasic#Particular"
  2. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → entity, entity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q136433660]]"
  3. 17d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Individual, http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular, http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/common/Particular, Moving from [[Q35120]]"
  4. 17d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Individual, http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular, http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/medicine/frame-ontology/class12.html"
  5. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Individual, http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular, http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontospace.uni-bremen.de/ontology/stable/GUM-3.owl#GUMThing, Moving from [[Q35120]]"
  6. 20d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers +1
    Different from → entity, entity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2738]]: [[Q23766486]]"
  7. 20d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Ontology
    Entry in abbreviations table → PT
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8703]]: PT, Moving from [[Q35120]]"
  8. 21d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → individual item
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q132907471]]"
  9. 21d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Individual, http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular, http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.org/nemo/gufo#Individual"
  10. 21d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2738]]: [[Q23766486]]"
  11. 27d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Individual, http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular, http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular +8
    "/* wbsetqualifier-update:1| */ [[Property:P11260]]: [[Q141159342]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q141183603]] → [[Q141159342]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q14"
  12. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → individual item
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers +1
    Equivalent class → http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Individual, http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular, http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2738]]: [[Q23766486]]"
  13. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Opposite of → universals
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q4406616]]"
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