foundation

Summary

foundation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (564 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• foundation is a type of structural element^[2].
• foundation is a type of fixed construction^[3].
• foundation's Commons category is recorded as Foundations (architecture)^[4].
• foundation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Foundations (buildings and structures)^[5].
• foundation's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[6].
• foundation's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• foundation's described by source is recorded as Q105336459^[8].
• foundation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[9].
• foundation's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[10].
• foundation's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• foundation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[12].
• foundation's different from is recorded as base^[13].
• foundation's different from is recorded as tomtning^[14].
• foundation's different from is recorded as foundation^[15].
• foundation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include structural element^[2] and fixed construction^[3].

Influence

Things named for foundation include polybasite^[17], a mineral species^[18].

Why It Matters

foundation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (564 views/month).^[1] foundation has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] foundation is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]

Entities named for foundation include polybasite^[17], a mineral species^[18].