steam engine

heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
Place engine_class Q12760
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steam engine

Summary

steam engine is an engine class[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of engine_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,890 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • steam engine's instance of is recorded as engine class[3].
  • steam engine is a type of heat engine[4].
  • steam engine's Commons category is recorded as Steam engines[5].
  • steam engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Steam engines[6].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[8].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[11].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • steam engine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • steam engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[15].
  • steam engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].
  • steam engine's P14369 is recorded as 69359[17].
  • steam engine's P14870 is recorded as ont00000634[18].

Body

Physical Characteristics

steam engine's UNSPSC code is recorded as 26101505[19].

Designation and Status

steam engine's instance of is recorded as engine class[3].

Why It Matters

steam engine ranks in the top 8% of engine_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,890 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000634
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00000634"
  2. 14w ago · Legonin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Larousse id → divers/wd/100756
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6058]]: divers/wd/100756"
  3. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007334-parni-stroje
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007334-parni-stroje, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 16w ago · Espartatuga · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → engine class
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q135841149]]"
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