machine

set of moving and fixed elements that uses energy to perform an intended action
Thing first_order_class Q11019
machine
James Albert Bonsack (1859 – 1924) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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machine

Summary

machine is a first-order class[1]. machine ranks in the top 7% of first_order_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,265 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • machine's instance of is recorded as first-order class[3].
  • machine's manufacturer is recorded as manufacture of machinery and equipment[4].
  • machine is a type of appliance[5].
  • machine is a type of converter[6].
  • machine's Commons category is recorded as Machines[7].
  • machine comprises mechanism[8].
  • machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Machines[9].
  • machine's facet of is recorded as engineering[10].
  • machine's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • machine's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[12].
  • machine's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • machine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • machine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • machine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • machine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • machine's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[18].
  • machine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox machine[19].
  • machine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Machines[20].
  • machine's has effect is recorded as energy transformation[21].
  • machine's different from is recorded as appliance[22].
  • machine's properties for this type is recorded as P2067[23].
  • machine's properties for this type is recorded as P176[24].
  • machine's properties for this type is recorded as P1071[25].
  • machine's properties for this type is recorded as P127[26].
  • machine's properties for this type is recorded as P137[27].

Body

Definition and Type

machine's instance of is recorded as first-order class[3]. Recorded subclass of include appliance[5] and converter[6].

Use and Application

machine comprises mechanism[8].

Why It Matters

machine ranks in the top 7% of first_order_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,265 views/month).[2] machine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] machine is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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