pipe
tubular section or hollow cylinder for delivery of gases or fluids
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Summary
pipe is a widget[1]. pipe draws 2,489 Wikipedia views per month (widget category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Physically interacts with: gas[3], liquid[4]
- Subclass of: tube[5]
- Part of: piping[6]
- Has use: plumbing[7], tap water[8], agricultural irrigation[9], pipeline transport[10], air compressor[11]
- Commons category: Pipes[12]
- Said to be the same as: tube[13]
- Opposite of: hose[14]
- Has part(s): cavity[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Piping[16], Q16660893[17]
- Commons gallery: Pipe (material)[18]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[19], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21]
- Shape: open cylinder[22]
- Has characteristic: stiffness[23]
- Different from: hose[24], Curculionidae[25], plumbing[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
- P14470: Objects/Pipe[28]
Why It Matters
pipe has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] pipe is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]