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sharpening

process of creating or refining a sharp edge of appropriate shape on a tool or implement designed for cutting
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sharpening

Summary

sharpening ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (270 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sharpening is a type of grinding[2].
  • sharpening is a type of technique[3].
  • sharpening is a type of maintenance[4].
  • sharpening is a type of planned maintenance[5].
  • sharpening's Commons category is recorded as Sharpening[6].
  • sharpening's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sharpening[7].
  • sharpening's has effect is recorded as sharpness[8].
  • sharpening's uses is recorded as sharpening stone[9].
  • sharpening's uses is recorded as bench grinder[10].
  • sharpening's practiced by is recorded as sawfiler[11].
  • sharpening's practiced by is recorded as knife grinder[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include grinding[2], technique[3], maintenance[4], and planned maintenance[5].

Why It Matters

sharpening ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (270 views/month).[1] sharpening has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] sharpening is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → sharpening stone, bench grinder
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Sharpening
    Uses → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24207, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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