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sonobuoy

expendable sonar system that is dropped/ejected from aircraft
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sonobuoy

Summary

sonobuoy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,175 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sonobuoy is a type of appliance[2].
  • sonobuoy is a type of sonar[3].
  • sonobuoy is a type of buoy[4].
  • sonobuoy's Commons category is recorded as Sonobuoys[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include appliance[2], sonar[3], and buoy[4].

Why It Matters

sonobuoy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,175 views/month).[1] sonobuoy has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] sonobuoy is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Mitte27 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → appliance, sonar, buoy
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Q7701344
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q7701344]]"
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