powder

dry, bulk material composed of many fine solid particles
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Summary

powder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (663 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • powder is a type of granular material[2].
  • powder's Commons category is recorded as Powder[3].
  • powder's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Powders[4].
  • powder's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • powder's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[6].
  • powder's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[7].
  • powder's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia[8].
  • powder's contributing factor of is recorded as dust explosion[9].
  • powder's has characteristic is recorded as hazard[10].
  • powder's fabrication method is recorded as crushing[11].
  • powder's fabrication method is recorded as precipitation[12].
  • powder's fabrication method is recorded as grinding[13].

Body

Definition and Type

powder is a type of granular material[2].

Influence

Things named for powder include realgar[14], a mineral species[15]; conichalcite[16], a mineral species[17]; tincalconite[18], a mineral species[19]; stibiconite[20], a mineral species[21]; liroconite[22], a mineral species[23]; and xanthoconite[24], a mineral species[25].

Why It Matters

powder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (663 views/month).[1] powder has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] powder is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for powder include realgar[14], a mineral species[15]; conichalcite[16], a mineral species[17]; tincalconite[18], a mineral species[19]; stibiconite[20], a mineral species[21]; liroconite[22], a mineral species[23]; and xanthoconite[24], a mineral species[25].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  4. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'cv', 'da', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', '
    Fabrication method → crushing, precipitation, grinding
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    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Fabrication method: grinding, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect grinding → grinding ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q26882416_Q25"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 6708, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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