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watermark

faint image or device in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light
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Summary

watermark ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,517 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: sign of authenticity[2], mark[3]
  • Part of: signature[4]
  • Has use: authentication[5], documenting[6]
  • Commons category: Watermarks[7]
  • Has cause: variation[8]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9]
  • Different from: digital watermark[10]

Why It Matters

watermark has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] watermark is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). watermark. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/watermark-q43065
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0245478-filigrany-papir
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0245478-filigrany-papir, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → digital watermark
    Subclass of → sign of authenticity, mark
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 17835, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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