refrigerator
household or industrial appliance for preserving food at a low temperature
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Summary
refrigerator ranks in the top 0.98% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,675 views/month, #764 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: major appliance[2], chiller[3], home appliance[4], electrical appliance[5]
- Has use: refrigeration[6], food storage[7], food preservation[8]
- Commons category: Refrigerators[9]
- Has part(s): compressor aggregate[10], heat exchanger[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1856[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Refrigerators[13]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[14]
- Replaces: ice house[15], cooler[16], icebox[17]
- Different from: icebox[18], radiator[19], California Cooler[20], heat sink[21], Reefer[22]
- MCN code: 8704.32.30[23]
- Uses: refrigerant[24]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000583[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
Why It Matters
refrigerator has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] refrigerator is known by 116 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]