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liquid or solid water that falls to the ground
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precipitation

Summary

precipitation is a type of meteorological phenomenon[1]. precipitation draws 17,065 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_meteorological_phenomenon category, ranking #7 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • precipitation's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[3].
  • precipitation is a type of Q141503847[4].
  • precipitation is part of weather[5].
  • precipitation's Commons category is recorded as Precipitation (weather)[6].
  • precipitation's has cause is recorded as cloud[7].
  • precipitation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Precipitation[8].
  • precipitation's Commons gallery is recorded as Precipitation[9].
  • precipitation's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • precipitation's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • precipitation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12].
  • precipitation's has characteristic is recorded as amount of precipitation[13].
  • precipitation's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3036[14].
  • precipitation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • precipitation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[16].
  • precipitation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Information integrity on extreme weather events[17].

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Definition and Type

precipitation's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[3]. precipitation is a type of Q141503847[4].

Use and Application

precipitation is part of weather[5].

Influence

Things named for precipitation include meteoric water[18].

Why It Matters

precipitation draws 17,065 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_meteorological_phenomenon category, ranking #7 of 22).[2] precipitation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] precipitation is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for precipitation include meteoric water[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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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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. 4d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 114
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX524458
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bat_smg', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'blk', 'bn',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX524458"
  2. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141503847
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141503847]]"
  3. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 01000875
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3859]]: 01000875"
  4. 13w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change, Information integrity on extreme weather events
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39710|batch #39710]]"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009716-vodni-srazky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0009716-vodni-srazky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of meteorological phenomenon
    Part of → weather
    Has cause → cloud
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 171210
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7001, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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