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sailing ballast

used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail
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sailing ballast

Summary

sailing ballast ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (215 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sailing ballast is a type of ballast[2].
  • sailing ballast's Commons category is recorded as Ballast water[3].
  • sailing ballast's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[4].
  • sailing ballast's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • sailing ballast's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • sailing ballast's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[7].
  • sailing ballast's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • sailing ballast's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • sailing ballast's different from is recorded as Ballast[10].
  • sailing ballast's different from is recorded as ballast[11].

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Definition and Type

sailing ballast is a type of ballast[2].

Why It Matters

sailing ballast ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (215 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → ballast
    Described by source → Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +3
    Different from → Ballast, ballast
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28078, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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