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road surface marking

any kind of device or material used on a road surface to convey official information
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road surface marking

Summary

road surface marking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (498 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • road surface marking's manufacturer is recorded as road marker[2].
  • road surface marking is made of paint[3].
  • road surface marking is made of stone[4].
  • road surface marking is made of thermoplastic[5].
  • road surface marking is made of epoxy resins[6].
  • road surface marking is a type of geographical marker[7].
  • road surface marking is a type of road traffic control device[8].
  • road surface marking is part of road surface[9].
  • road surface marking is used for command[10].
  • road surface marking is used for geographical boundary[11].
  • road surface marking's Commons category is recorded as Road markings[12].
  • road surface marking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Road surface markings[13].
  • road surface marking's described at URL is recorded as https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/road-markings[14].
  • road surface marking's model item is recorded as stop line[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include geographical marker[7] and road traffic control device[8].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include command[10] and geographical boundary[11]. road surface marking is part of road surface[9].

Why It Matters

road surface marking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (498 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → paint, stone, thermoplastic +1
    Model item → stop line
    Aliases → —
    Manufacturer → road marker
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2947, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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