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biocide

chemical substance or microorganism used against a harmful organism
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biocide

Summary

biocide ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (289 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • biocide is a type of chemical substance[2].
  • biocide's Commons category is recorded as Biocides[3].
  • biocide's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biocides[4].

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Definition and Type

biocide is a type of chemical substance[2].

Why It Matters

biocide ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (289 views/month).[1] biocide has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] biocide is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → chemical substance
    Topic's main category → Category:Biocides
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 37922, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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