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water wheel

machine for harnessing energy from the flow of water
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water wheel

Summary

water wheel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • water wheel is a type of wheel[2].
  • water wheel is a type of hydro power machine[3].
  • water wheel is used for energy production[4].
  • water wheel's Commons category is recorded as Water wheels[5].
  • water wheel's Commons gallery is recorded as Water wheel[6].
  • water wheel's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[7].
  • water wheel's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • water wheel's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[9].
  • water wheel's different from is recorded as Naeur[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include wheel[2] and hydro power machine[3].

Use and Application

water wheel is used for energy production[4].

Why It Matters

water wheel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q297484
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297484, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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