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ruler

tool used to draw or measure distances along a straight line
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ruler

Summary

ruler is a product category[1]. ruler draws 1,314 Wikipedia views per month (product_category category, ranking #43 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • ruler's instance of is recorded as product category[3].
  • ruler is a type of metrological mechanism[4].
  • ruler is a type of stationery[5].
  • ruler is a type of measuring instrument[6].
  • ruler is a type of straightedge[7].
  • ruler is a type of measuring tools & sensor[8].
  • ruler's Commons category is recorded as Rulers[9].
  • ruler's Unicode character is recorded as 📏[10].
  • ruler's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rulers[11].
  • ruler's Commons gallery is recorded as Ruler[12].
  • ruler's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • ruler's partially coincident with is recorded as straightedge[14].
  • ruler's different from is recorded as lineyka carriage[15].
  • ruler's different from is recorded as ruler[16].
  • ruler's measures is recorded as length[17].
  • ruler's has part is recorded as scale marking[18].
  • ruler's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/104062517-n[19].
  • ruler's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04118776-n[20].
  • ruler's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • ruler's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[22].

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Definition and Type

ruler's instance of is recorded as product category[3]. Recorded subclass of include metrological mechanism[4], stationery[5], measuring instrument[6], straightedge[7], and measuring tools & sensor[8].

Why It Matters

ruler draws 1,314 Wikipedia views per month (product_category category, ranking #43 of 193).[2] ruler has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] ruler is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Google Product Taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Google Product Taxonomy. 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.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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