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sewing machine

machine used to stitch fabric
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sewing machine

Summary

sewing machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,963 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sewing machine is credited with the discovery of Thomas Saint[2].
  • sewing machine is made of steel[3].
  • sewing machine is a type of home appliance[4].
  • sewing machine is used for machine sewing[5].
  • sewing machine's Commons category is recorded as Sewing machines[6].
  • sewing machine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1790[7].
  • sewing machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sewing machines[8].
  • sewing machine's Commons gallery is recorded as Sewing machine[9].
  • sewing machine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • sewing machine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • sewing machine's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
  • sewing machine's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • sewing machine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14].
  • sewing machine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • sewing machine's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04179913-n[16].
  • sewing machine's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/104122652-n[17].
  • sewing machine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

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Definition and Type

sewing machine is a type of home appliance[4].

Use and Application

sewing machine is used for machine sewing[5].

Why It Matters

sewing machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,963 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Adam Opel Brother Industries Singer Corporation

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → Q1415635
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18747, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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