rock
naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids
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rock
Summary
rock ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,120 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- rock is made of rock forming minerals[2].
- rock is made of mineral[3].
- rock is a type of natural material[4].
- rock is used for aggregate[5].
- rock's Commons category is recorded as Rocks[6].
- rock is the opposite of soil[7].
- rock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rocks[8].
- rock's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=rock[9].
- rock's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as seamark:type=rock[10].
- rock's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- rock's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- rock's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13].
- rock's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
- rock's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[15].
- rock's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox rock[16].
- rock's has characteristic is recorded as chemical composition[17].
- rock's has characteristic is recorded as texture[18].
- rock's has characteristic is recorded as permeability[19].
- rock's different from is recorded as rock[20].
- rock's studied by is recorded as petrology[21].
- rock's studied by is recorded as rock mechanics[22].
- rock's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[23].
- rock's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
Body
Definition and Type
rock is a type of natural material[4]. rock is the opposite of soil[7].
Use and Application
rock is used for aggregate[5].
Influence
Things named for rock include rock-paper-scissors[25], a simultaneous game[26] and rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock[27], a game[28].
Why It Matters
rock ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,120 views/month).[1] rock has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] rock is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for rock include rock-paper-scissors[25], a simultaneous game[26] and rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock[27], a game[28].