snow
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Summary
snow is a type of meteorological phenomenon[1]. snow draws 7,318 Wikipedia views per month (type of meteorological phenomenon category, ranking #14 of 22).[2]
Key Facts
- Made from material: ice crystal[3], air[4]
- Subclass of: precipitation[5], material[6]
- Has use: skiing[7], snowboarding[8], winter sport[9]
- Commons category: Snow[10]
- Color: white[11]
- Unicode character: ⁎[12]
- Has part(s): snowflake[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Snow[14]
- Commons gallery: Snow[15]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[21], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[25], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[26]
- Different from: Q9395698[27]
- Melting point: 0 °C[28]
- Studied by: snow science[29]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q26197463[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[31], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
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Influence
Things named for snow include Yukio Mishima[33], a writer[34], 1925–1970[35], of Japan[36], awarded the Shinchosha literature award[37], specialised in creative and professional writing[38]; Nivea[39], an organization[40], in Germany[41], founded in 1911[42], headquartered in Hamburg[43]; December[44], a calendar month[45]; Sněžka[46], a mountain[47], in Czech Republic[48]; marine snow[49]; Piton des Neiges[50], a mountain[51], in France[52]; Nivôse[53], a calendar month[54], in France[55]; and Venus snow[56], a geographical feature[57].
Why It Matters
snow has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] snow is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for snow include Yukio Mishima[33], a writer[34], 1925–1970[35], of Japan[36], awarded the Shinchosha literature award[37], specialised in creative and professional writing[38]; Nivea[39], an organization[40], in Germany[41], founded in 1911[42], headquartered in Hamburg[43]; December[44], a calendar month[45]; Sněžka[46], a mountain[47], in Czech Republic[48]; marine snow[49]; and Piton des Neiges[50], a mountain[51], in France[52].