abacus

Summary

abacus ranks in the top 0.57% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,272 views/month, #446 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• abacus is a type of physical tool^[2].
• abacus is used for Q48782649^[3].
• abacus's Commons category is recorded as Abacus^[4].
• abacus's Unicode character is recorded as 🧮^[5].
• abacus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Abacus^[6].
• abacus's Commons gallery is recorded as Abacus^[7].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[8].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[12].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[13].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[15].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[16].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[17].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[18].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[19].
• abacus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[20].
• abacus's topic has template is recorded as Template:Abacus^[21].
• abacus's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02666196-n^[22].
• abacus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].
• abacus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[24].

Body

Definition and Type

abacus is a type of physical tool^[2].

Use and Application

abacus is used for Q48782649^[3].

Influence

Things named for abacus include Abaqus^[25], a simulation software^[26] and mental abacus^[27], a mental calculation^[28].

Why It Matters

abacus ranks in the top 0.57% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,272 views/month, #446 of 77,819).^[1] abacus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] abacus is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for abacus include Abaqus^[25], a simulation software^[26] and mental abacus^[27], a mental calculation^[28].