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searchlight

intense focused beam lamp for improving visual detection
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searchlight

Summary

searchlight ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (611 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • searchlight is a type of lamp[2].
  • searchlight's Commons category is recorded as Searchlights[3].
  • searchlight's said to be the same as is recorded as Q9352078[4].
  • searchlight's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • searchlight's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].

Body

Definition and Type

searchlight is a type of lamp[2].

Influence

Things named for searchlight include Searchlight[7], a census-designated place in the United States[8], in United States[9].

Why It Matters

searchlight ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (611 views/month).[1] searchlight has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] searchlight is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for searchlight include Searchlight[7], a census-designated place in the United States[8], in United States[9].

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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). searchlight. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/searchlight
MLA “searchlight.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/searchlight.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_searchlight_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{searchlight}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/searchlight}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 19h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q9352078
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → lamp
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9245, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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