stalactite

elongated mineral formation which hangs down from a cave ceiling
Thing general Q177197
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stalactite

Summary

stalactite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • stalactite's image is recorded as Stalactites at blue john images 2006.JPG[2].
  • stalactite's GND ID is recorded as 4780227-3[3].
  • stalactite's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85127270[4].
  • stalactite's subclass of is recorded as dripstone[5].
  • stalactite's Commons category is recorded as Stalactites[6].
  • stalactite's opposite of is recorded as stalagmite[7].
  • stalactite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/078q0[8].
  • stalactite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0106165[9].
  • stalactite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • stalactite's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
  • stalactite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • stalactite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/stalactite[13].
  • stalactite's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000331[14].
  • stalactite's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4162427[15].
  • stalactite's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as aarde-weer-en-klimaat/stalactieten[16].
  • stalactite's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as stalactites[17].
  • stalactite's Environment Ontology ID is recorded as 00000331[18].
  • stalactite's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as stalaktitt[19].
  • stalactite's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i86237[20].
  • stalactite's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3055-2851[21].
  • stalactite's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 27577653[22].
  • stalactite's Great Encyclopedia of Navarre ID is recorded as 9321[23].
  • stalactite's Lex ID is recorded as stalaktit[24].
  • stalactite's Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID is recorded as sj2024050039[25].
  • stalactite's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 09466657-n[26].

Why It Matters

stalactite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (423 views/month).[1] stalactite has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] stalactite is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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