stairs
construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into steps
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Summary
stairs ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,774 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Location: stairwell[2]
- Subclass of: architectural element[3], horizontal structural element[4], structural support[5], footpath[6]
- Part of: building[7], street[8], stairwell[9], park[10]
- Has use: transport[11]
- Commons category: Stairs[12]
- Has part(s): tread[13], stair tread overlay[14], stair railing[15], stringer[16], Staircase handrail[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stairs[18], Category:Stairways[19]
- OpenStreetMap tag: highway=steps[20]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[21], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Pauly–Wissowa[26]
- Topic has template: Šablona:Schodiště[27]
- Has contributing factor: height[28]
- Has characteristic: Treppensteigung[29]
- Different from: entrance[30], ladder[31]
- Studied by: Scalalogy[32]
- Has part(s) of the class: stair riser[33], tread[34], landing[35], Staircase handrail[36], stringer[37], stair railing[38]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[39]
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Influence
Things named for stairs include Möbius ladder[40] and rue des Degrés[41], a street[42], in France[43].
Why It Matters
stairs has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] stairs is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for stairs include Möbius ladder[40] and rue des Degrés[41], a street[42], in France[43].