weir
barrier across a river designed to alter its flow characteristics
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weir
Summary
weir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (694 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- weir's image is recorded as Cromwell Weir - Nottinghamshire (Geograph 2561867 by Jonathan Thacker).jpg[2].
- weir's image is recorded as 2024 Jaz na Nysie Kłodzkiej w Kłodzku (7).jpg[3].
- weir's GND ID is recorded as 4138373-4[4].
- weir's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85145985[5].
- weir's subclass of is recorded as diversion dam[6].
- weir's subclass of is recorded as barrier structure[7].
- weir's Commons category is recorded as Weirs[8].
- weir's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01spmn[9].
- weir's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph136797[10].
- weir's HDS ID is recorded as 007853[11].
- weir's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Weirs[12].
- weir's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300006101[13].
- weir's PSH ID is recorded as 12054[14].
- weir's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 881977[15].
- weir's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as waterway=weir[16].
- weir's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
- weir's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
- weir's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/weir-engineering[19].
- weir's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/weir-fishing[20].
- weir's different from is recorded as sluice[21].
- weir's NALT ID is recorded as 46286[22].
- weir's GeoNames feature code is recorded as S.WEIR[23].
- weir's studied by is recorded as river morphology[24].
- weir's studied by is recorded as river engineering[25].
- weir's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00080843n[26].
Why It Matters
weir ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (694 views/month).[1] weir has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] weir is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]