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type metal

metal alloys used in traditional typefounding and hot metal typesetting
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type metal

Summary

type metal is an alloy[1]. It draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (alloy category, ranking #12 of 55).[2]

Key Facts

  • type metal's image is recorded as Garamond type ſi-ligature 2.jpg[3].
  • type metal's instance of is recorded as alloy[4].
  • type metal's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 20964[5].
  • type metal's has part is recorded as lead[6].
  • type metal's has part is recorded as tin[7].
  • type metal's has part is recorded as antimony[8].
  • type metal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025rxg4[9].
  • type metal's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300235496[10].
  • type metal's PSH ID is recorded as 5447[11].
  • type metal's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • type metal's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • type metal's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/type-metal[14].
  • type metal's TDKIV term ID is recorded as 000002510[15].
  • type metal's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780020272[16].
  • type metal's Lex ID is recorded as typemetal[17].
  • type metal's TDKIV Wikibase ID is recorded as April 9[18].

Why It Matters

type metal draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (alloy category, ranking #12 of 55).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Wikibase TDKIV. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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