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pump

device that moves fluids (liquids or gases) by mechanical action
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Summary

pump ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,448 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physical tool[2], turbomachinery[3]
  • Has use: pumping[4]
  • Commons category: Pumps[5]
  • SRGB color hex triplet: 1E90FF[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pumps[7]
  • Commons gallery: Pump[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Kartographer icon[14]
  • Partially coincident with: fluid accelerator[15]
  • Different from: Pompa[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

pump has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] pump is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . 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. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2hGEGx
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006571-cerpadla
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0006571-cerpadla, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Pompa
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
    Topic's main category → Category:Pumps
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 16383, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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