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suture

joining together along a major fault zone, of separate terranes, tectonic units that have different plate tectonic, metamorphic and paleogeographic histories
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suture

Summary

suture ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • suture is a type of fault[2].
  • suture's Commons category is recorded as Suture (geology)[3].

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Definition and Type

suture is a type of fault[2].

Why It Matters

suture ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[1] suture has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] suture is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). suture. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/suture-q1509590-2
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → fault
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534709805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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