scissors

Summary

scissors ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• scissors is made of plastic^[2].
• scissors is made of steel^[3].
• scissors is a type of hand tool^[4].
• scissors is a type of cutting tool^[5].
• scissors is a type of long and narrow object^[6].
• scissors's Commons category is recorded as Scissors^[7].
• scissors's Unicode character is recorded as ✁^[8].
• scissors's Unicode character is recorded as ✂^[9].
• scissors's Unicode character is recorded as ✃^[10].
• scissors's Unicode character is recorded as ✄^[11].
• scissors comprises blade^[12].
• scissors comprises handle^[13].
• scissors comprises fulcrum^[14].
• scissors's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scissors^[15].
• scissors's Commons gallery is recorded as Scissors^[16].
• scissors's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• scissors's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[18].
• scissors's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[19].
• scissors's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• scissors's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[21].
• scissors's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[22].
• scissors's different from is recorded as Schere^[23].
• scissors's MCN code is recorded as 8213.00.00^[24].
• scissors's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hand tool^[4], cutting tool^[5], and long and narrow object^[6].

Use and Application

Components include blade^[12], handle^[13], and fulcrum^[14].

Influence

Things named for scissors include rock-paper-scissors^[26], a simultaneous game^[27]; bicycle kick^[28]; and rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock^[29], a game^[30].

Why It Matters

scissors ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).^[1] scissors has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] scissors is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for scissors include rock-paper-scissors^[26], a simultaneous game^[27]; bicycle kick^[28]; and rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock^[29], a game^[30].