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rivet

permanent mechanical fastener
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rivet
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Summary

rivet is a type of machine element[1]. rivet ranks in the top 7% of type of machine element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,367 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: fastener[3]
  • Has use: riveting[4]
  • Commons category: Rivets[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rivets[6]
  • Commons gallery: Rivet[7]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[8], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

rivet has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] rivet is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). rivet. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/rivet
MLA “rivet.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/rivet.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_rivet_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{rivet}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/rivet}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Local thumb → —
    Has use → riveting
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 5646, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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