textbook

comprehensive, explanatory book for systematic study of an academic subject
Intangible literary_genre Q83790
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textbook

Summary

textbook is a literary genre[1]. textbook draws 611 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #85 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • textbook's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • textbook is a type of tertiary source[4].
  • textbook is a type of instructional materials[5].
  • textbook is a type of educational book[6].
  • textbook is a type of academic writing[7].
  • textbook is part of non-fiction literature[8].
  • textbook is part of instructional literature[9].
  • textbook's Commons category is recorded as Textbooks[10].
  • textbook's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Textbooks[11].
  • textbook's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[12].
  • textbook's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/textbook-recommendation[13].
  • textbook's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/tags/textbooks[14].
  • textbook's equivalent class is recorded as http://pcp-on-web.de/ontology#Textbook[15].
  • textbook's practiced by is recorded as textbook writer[16].

Body

Definition and Type

textbook's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include tertiary source[4], instructional materials[5], educational book[6], and academic writing[7].

Use and Application

Part of include non-fiction literature[8], a sub-set of literature[17] and instructional literature[9].

Why It Matters

textbook draws 611 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #85 of 487).[2] textbook has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] textbook is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 21h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Instance of
    Subclass of tertiary source, instructional materials, educational book +1
    Instance of literary genre
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 159, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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