tear gas

non-lethal chemical weapon
Product weapon_type Q190512
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tear gas

Summary

tear gas is a weapon type[1]. It draws 505 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #115 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • tear gas's image is recorded as Exploded tear gas can on the fly.jpg[3].
  • tear gas's instance of is recorded as weapon type[4].
  • tear gas's GND ID is recorded as 4241795-8[5].
  • tear gas's subclass of is recorded as non-lethal weapon[6].
  • tear gas's subclass of is recorded as chemical weapon[7].
  • tear gas's subclass of is recorded as gas[8].
  • tear gas's subclass of is recorded as chemical riot control agents[9].
  • tear gas's has use is recorded as pain infliction[10].
  • tear gas's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D013665[11].
  • tear gas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gy5p[12].
  • tear gas's MeSH tree code is recorded as D27.720.821.500[13].
  • tear gas's MeSH tree code is recorded as D27.888.569.734.500[14].
  • tear gas's MeSH tree code is recorded as J01.637.870.800[15].
  • tear gas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lachrymatory agents[16].
  • tear gas's PSH ID is recorded as 12300[17].
  • tear gas's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1263221[18].
  • tear gas's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0185697[19].
  • tear gas's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/tear-gas[20].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as eye irritation[21].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as respiratory irritation[22].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as irritant dermatitis[23].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as bleeding[24].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as blindness[25].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as chemical burn[26].
  • tear gas's has effect is recorded as allergic contact dermatitis[27].

Why It Matters

tear gas draws 505 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #115 of 694).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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