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workable paste used to bind building blocks
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mortar

Summary

mortar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (457 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mortar is a type of adhesive[2].
  • mortar is a type of binding material[3].
  • mortar is a type of binder[4].
  • mortar's Commons category is recorded as Mortar (masonry)[5].
  • mortar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mortar (masonry)[6].
  • mortar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • mortar's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • mortar's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[9].
  • mortar's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • mortar's different from is recorded as Zaprawa[11].
  • mortar's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include adhesive[2], binding material[3], and binder[4].

Why It Matters

mortar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (457 views/month).[1] mortar has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] mortar is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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