stairs

construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into steps
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stairs

Summary

stairs ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (356 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • The location of stairs was stairwell[2].
  • stairs is a type of architectural element[3].
  • stairs is a type of horizontal structural element[4].
  • stairs is a type of structural support[5].
  • stairs is a type of thoroughfare[6].
  • stairs is part of building[7].
  • stairs is part of street[8].
  • stairs is part of stairwell[9].
  • stairs is part of park[10].
  • stairs is used for transport[11].
  • stairs is used for transport[12].
  • stairs's Commons category is recorded as Stairs[13].
  • stairs comprises tread[14].
  • stairs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stairs[15].
  • stairs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stairways[16].
  • stairs's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as highway=steps[17].
  • stairs's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18].
  • stairs's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19].
  • stairs's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • stairs's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • stairs's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • stairs's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[23].
  • stairs's topic has template is recorded as Q10725852[24].
  • stairs's has contributing factor is recorded as height[25].
  • stairs's has contributing factor is recorded as height[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include architectural element[3], horizontal structural element[4], structural support[5], and thoroughfare[6].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include transport[11]. stairs comprises tread[14]. Part of include building[7]; street[8]; stairwell[9]; and park[10], a type of park[27].

Influence

Things named for stairs include Möbius ladder[28] and rue des Degrés[29], a street[30], in France[31].

Why It Matters

stairs ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (356 views/month).[1] stairs has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] stairs is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for stairs include Möbius ladder[28] and rue des Degrés[29], a street[30], in France[31].

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] . Q34651138. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Kenchiku-gaku Yōgo Jiten (Dai 2-han). wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Q34651138. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Q34651138. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Hirho · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic Q1766969
    Has contributing factor height, height
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has part(s) of the class stair riser, tread, landing +3
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q139701354]]"
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