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knot

unit of speed
Intangible unit_of_speed Q128822
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Summary

knot is an unit of speed[1]. knot draws 8,858 Wikipedia views per month (unit of speed category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: UCUM derived unit[3]
  • Measured physical quantity: speed[4]
  • Named after: knot[5]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[6], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
  • Different from: knot[10], knot (UK)[11], wick[12], candle wick[13]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 0.5144444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 metre per second[14]
  • Conversion to standard unit: 1.852 kilometre per hour[15]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q128822 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
  • Unit symbol: kn[18], уз[19]

Why It Matters

knot has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] knot is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Q24499306. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q24499306. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · Ninrouter · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Measured physical quantity → speed
    Named after → —
    Named after → knot
    Conversion to si unit → {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+0.51444444444444444444444444
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Conversion to si unit: 0.514 metre per second"
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