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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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Summary

snowflake ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,864 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: ice[2]
  • Subclass of: snow[3], ice crystal[4], natural physical object[5]
  • Part of: snow[6]
  • Commons category: Snowflakes[7]
  • Unicode character: ❄[8], ❅[9], ❆[10]
  • Has part(s): ice crystal[11]
  • Different from: Koch snowflake[12]

Why It Matters

snowflake has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] snowflake is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). snowflake. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/snowflake-q550147-2
MLA “snowflake.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 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: 2026-10-17}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · VGPaleontologist · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → ice
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Made from material: ice"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4260
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4260, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → snow, ice crystal, natural physical object
    Part of → snow
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 25560, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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