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lighter

tool to generate a flame
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lighter

Summary

lighter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,493 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lighter is a type of physical tool[2].
  • lighter is a type of smoking equipment[3].
  • lighter is used for firelighting[4].
  • lighter's Commons category is recorded as Lighters[5].
  • lighter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lighters[6].
  • lighter's Commons gallery is recorded as Lighter[7].
  • lighter's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • lighter's different from is recorded as electric match[9].
  • lighter's different from is recorded as match[10].
  • lighter's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03666591-n[11].
  • lighter's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103635336-n[12].
  • lighter's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+20516'}[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical tool[2] and smoking equipment[3].

Use and Application

lighter is used for firelighting[4].

Why It Matters

lighter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,493 views/month).[1] lighter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] lighter is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Lighters
    Has use → firelighting
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → physical tool, smoking equipment
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007286584105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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