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device that completely prevents the flow of air or other fluids
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seal

Summary

seal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • seal is made of sealant[2].
  • seal is a type of appliance[3].
  • seal is used for hermetic seal[4].
  • seal is used for prevention[5].
  • seal's Commons category is recorded as Seals (mechanical)[6].
  • seal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Seals (mechanical)[7].
  • seal's different from is recorded as sealant[8].

Body

Definition and Type

seal is a type of appliance[3].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include hermetic seal[4] and prevention[5].

Why It Matters

seal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[1] seal has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] seal is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → hermetic seal, prevention
    Different from → sealant
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → appliance
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15337, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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