tile

Summary

tile ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (671 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• tile is made of clay^[2].
• tile is a type of building material^[3].
• tile is a type of architectural element^[4].
• tile is a type of manufactured good^[5].
• tile's Commons category is recorded as Tiles^[6].
• tile's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tiles^[7].
• tile's Commons gallery is recorded as Tile^[8].
• tile's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as artwork_type=tilework^[9].
• tile's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as surface=tiles^[10].
• tile's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• tile's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[12].
• tile's described by source is recorded as Kenchiku-gaku Yōgo Jiten (Dai 2-han)^[13].
• tile's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Architecture and Building (2nd edition)^[14].
• tile's described by source is recorded as Q135987314^[15].
• tile's has characteristic is recorded as portable object^[16].
• tile's different from is recorded as game tile^[17].
• tile's different from is recorded as brick^[18].
• tile's MCN code is recorded as 6901.00.00^[19].
• tile's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000514^[20].
• tile's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include building material^[3], architectural element^[4], and manufactured good^[5].

Why It Matters

tile ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (671 views/month).^[1] tile has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] tile is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]