candle
solid block of wax with embedded wick, used as lighting or fragrance
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Summary
candle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,848 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Manufacturer: candle-maker[2]
- Made from material: wax[3]
- Subclass of: portable light source[4], goods[5], energy storage[6], long and narrow object[7]
- Part of: candelabra[8]
- Has use: lighting[9], heating[10], perfumery[11]
- Commons category: Candles[12]
- Unicode character: 🕯[13]
- Has part(s): wax[14], candle wick[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Candles[16]
- Commons gallery: Candle[17]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26]
- Different from: lamp[27], Tuohus[28]
- Fabrication method: candlemaking[29]
- Connects with: candlestick[30]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02948072-n[31], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/102942478-n[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject WikiProject Q68235346[33], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34], concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[35]
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Influence
Things named for candle include candela[36], a SI base unit[37]; candle auction[38]; and La Bougie du Sapeur[39], a newspaper[40], in France[41], founded in 1980[42].
Why It Matters
candle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] candle is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for candle include candela[36], a SI base unit[37]; candle auction[38]; and La Bougie du Sapeur[39], a newspaper[40], in France[41], founded in 1980[42].