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knife

tool with a cutting edge or blade
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knife

Summary

knife ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,969 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • knife is a type of physical tool[2].
  • knife is a type of bladed object[3].
  • knife is a type of artificial physical object[4].
  • knife is used for cutting[5].
  • knife is used for collection[6].
  • knife is used for stabbing weapon[7].
  • knife is used for throwing weapon[8].
  • knife's Commons category is recorded as Knives[9].
  • knife comprises blade[10].
  • knife comprises tool handle[11].
  • knife comprises tang[12].
  • knife's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Knives[13].
  • knife's Commons gallery is recorded as Knife[14].
  • knife's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • knife's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16].
  • knife's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[17].
  • knife's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[18].
  • knife's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19].
  • knife's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • knife's described by source is recorded as EncyclopΓ¦dia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • knife's partially coincident with is recorded as table knife[22].
  • knife's partially coincident with is recorded as puukko[23].
  • knife's topic has template is recorded as Template:Knives[24].
  • knife's used by is recorded as butcher[25].
  • knife's used by is recorded as cook[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical tool[2], bladed object[3], and artificial physical object[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include cutting[5], collection[6], stabbing weapon[7], and throwing weapon[8]. Components include blade[10], tool handle[11], and tang[12]. Recorded used by include butcher[25], cook[26], and murderer[27].

Influence

Things named for knife include Knife[28], a literary work[29], written by Jo NesbΓΈ[30].

Why It Matters

knife ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,969 views/month).[1] knife has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] knife is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for knife include Knife[28], a literary work[29], written by Jo NesbΓΈ[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. β†’ on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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