straightedge

any of various tools, usually long bars or strips of wood or metal, having straight and true edges and used for drawing or cutting accurate straight lines
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straightedge

Summary

straightedge ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • straightedge's subclass of is recorded as physical tool[2].
  • straightedge's subclass of is recorded as drawing instrument[3].
  • straightedge's subclass of is recorded as mathematical instrument[4].
  • straightedge's has use is recorded as straightedge construction[5].
  • straightedge's has use is recorded as compass and straightedge construction[6].
  • straightedge's Commons category is recorded as Straightedges[7].
  • straightedge's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012ydv[8].
  • straightedge's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300022531[9].
  • straightedge's partially coincident with is recorded as ruler[10].
  • straightedge's MathWorld ID is recorded as Straightedge[11].
  • straightedge's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as rettholt[12].
  • straightedge's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].
  • straightedge's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 175102789[14].
  • straightedge's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 10593[15].
  • straightedge's KBpedia ID is recorded as StraightEdge[16].
  • straightedge's Language of Bindings ID is recorded as 1651[17].

Why It Matters

straightedge ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).[1] straightedge has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] straightedge is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_straightedge_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{straightedge}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/straightedge}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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