plumbing

activity and industry of making and maintaining systems for conveying fluids; uses materials by the same name
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plumbing

Summary

plumbing is an industry[1]. plumbing ranks in the top 10% of industry entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,338 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • plumbing is credited with the discovery of Egyptians[3].
  • plumbing is credited with the discovery of Egyptians[4].
  • plumbing's instance of is recorded as industry[5].
  • plumbing's location of discovery is recorded as Crete[6].
  • plumbing is a type of activity[7].
  • plumbing's Commons category is recorded as Plumbing[8].
  • plumbing's country of origin is recorded as Egypt[9].
  • plumbing's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1840[10].
  • plumbing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plumbing[11].
  • plumbing's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • plumbing's topic has template is recorded as Template:Plumbing[13].
  • plumbing's different from is recorded as plumbing[14].
  • plumbing's different from is recorded as water pipeline[15].
  • plumbing's uses is recorded as plumbing[16].
  • plumbing's practiced by is recorded as plumber[17].
  • plumbing's practiced by is recorded as plumber-zinc worker[18].
  • plumbing's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Definition and Type

plumbing's instance of is recorded as industry[5]. plumbing is a type of activity[7].

Why It Matters

plumbing ranks in the top 10% of industry entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,338 views/month).[2] plumbing has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] plumbing is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 25d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX524890
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX524890"
  2. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Egyptians, Egyptians
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Country of origin → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003225-instalaterstvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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