tar

Summary

tar ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,472 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• tar is a type of building material^[2].
• tar is a type of mixture^[3].
• tar is a type of natural resin^[4].
• tar is a type of Q3321361^[5].
• tar is used for waterproofing^[6].
• tar's Commons category is recorded as Tar^[7].
• tar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tar^[8].
• tar's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[9].
• tar's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[10].
• tar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• tar's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• tar's different from is recorded as bitumen^[13].
• tar's different from is recorded as pitch^[14].
• tar's different from is recorded as goudron^[15].
• tar's fabrication method is recorded as destructive distillation^[16].
• tar's fabrication method is recorded as pyrolysis^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include building material^[2], mixture^[3], natural resin^[4], and Q3321361^[5].

Use and Application

tar is used for waterproofing^[6].

Influence

Things named for tar include tarmac^[18].

Why It Matters

tar ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,472 views/month).^[1] tar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] tar is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]

Entities named for tar include tarmac^[18].