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rain gauge

Summary

rain gauge ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (880 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rain gauge is a type of meteorological instrument[2].
  • rain gauge's Commons category is recorded as Rain gauges[3].
  • rain gauge's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rain gauges[4].
  • rain gauge's Commons gallery is recorded as Rain gauge[5].
  • rain gauge's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as weather:rain_gauge=yes[6].
  • rain gauge's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[7].
  • rain gauge's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • rain gauge's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • rain gauge's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[10].

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Definition and Type

rain gauge is a type of meteorological instrument[2].

Why It Matters

rain gauge ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (880 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_rain-gauge_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{rain gauge}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/rain-gauge}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Rain gauges
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560600505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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