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toy designed to spin rapidly on the ground, the motion of which causes it to remain precisely balanced on its tip because of its rotational inertia
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Summary

top has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • top is a type of toy[2].
  • top is a type of gyroscope[3].
  • top is a type of whirligig[4].
  • top's Commons category is recorded as Spinning tops[5].
  • top's said to be the same as is recorded as top[6].
  • top's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spinning tops[7].
  • top's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • top's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • top's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include toy[2], gyroscope[3], and whirligig[4].

Why It Matters

top has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] top is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q296246
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296246, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 14w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → top
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Spinning tops
    Local thumb → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24197, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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