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snowflake

single ice crystal or an aggregation of ice crystals which falls through the Earth's atmosphere
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snowflake

Summary

snowflake ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • snowflake is a type of natural physical object[2].
  • snowflake is part of snow[3].
  • snowflake's Commons category is recorded as Snowflakes[4].
  • snowflake's Unicode character is recorded as ❄[5].
  • snowflake's Unicode character is recorded as ❅[6].
  • snowflake's Unicode character is recorded as ❆[7].
  • snowflake comprises ice crystal[8].
  • snowflake's different from is recorded as Koch snowflake[9].

Body

Definition and Type

snowflake is a type of natural physical object[2].

Use and Application

snowflake comprises ice crystal[8]. snowflake is part of snow[3].

Why It Matters

snowflake ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month).[1] snowflake has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] snowflake is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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). snowflake. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowflake-q550147-2
MLA “snowflake.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowflake-q550147-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_snowflake-q550147-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{snowflake}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowflake-q550147-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → natural physical object
    Part of → snow
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25560, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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