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points of the compass

varying quantity (4, 8, 16, 32, rarely more than 32, or special value 24) or directional divisions marked on a compass
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points of the compass

Summary

points of the compass ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,139 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • points of the compass's image is recorded as Compass Rose English North.svg[2].
  • points of the compass's image is recorded as CompassRose (mul) 16 blue neutral.svg[3].
  • points of the compass's image is recorded as Compass rose german.svg[4].
  • points of the compass's image is recorded as Brosen windrose Full-fr.svg[5].
  • points of the compass's subclass of is recorded as geographic direction[6].
  • points of the compass's part of is recorded as compass[7].
  • points of the compass's has use is recorded as navigation[8].
  • points of the compass's has part is recorded as cardinal direction[9].
  • points of the compass's has part is recorded as intercardinal direction[10].
  • points of the compass's has part is recorded as supplementary intercardinal direction[11].
  • points of the compass's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xw6r[12].
  • points of the compass's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Compass directions[13].
  • points of the compass's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300078457[14].
  • points of the compass's different from is recorded as supplementary intercardinal direction[15].
  • points of the compass's different from is recorded as cardinal direction[16].
  • points of the compass's studied by is recorded as geography[17].
  • points of the compass's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1228lz8l[18].
  • points of the compass's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19611094[19].
  • points of the compass's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Box_the_compass[20].
  • points of the compass's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 26186319[21].
  • points of the compass's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3017853928[22].
  • points of the compass's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2993950204[23].
  • points of the compass's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3018753268[24].

Why It Matters

points of the compass ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,139 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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