sail
fabric or other surface supported by a mast to allow wind propulsion
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sail
Summary
sail ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- sail is a type of product[2].
- sail is a type of ship element[3].
- sail is a type of propulsion[4].
- sail is part of sailboat[5].
- sail is used for propulsion[6].
- sail's Commons category is recorded as Sails[7].
- sail's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sails[8].
- sail's depicted by is recorded as Sewing the sail[9].
- sail's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
- sail's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- sail's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- sail's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
- sail's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[14].
- sail's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
- sail's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
- sail's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
- sail's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
- sail's different from is recorded as sail-plan[19].
- sail's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q23014507[20].
- sail's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include product[2], ship element[3], and propulsion[4].
Use and Application
sail is used for propulsion[6]. sail is part of sailboat[5].
Influence
Things named for sail include Vela[22], a constellation[23].
Why It Matters
sail ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).[1] sail has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] sail is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Entities named for sail include Vela[22], a constellation[23].