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tear

secretion that cleans and lubricates the eyes
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Summary

tear ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,312 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Location: eye[2]
  • Subclass of: body fluid[3]
  • Commons category: Tears[4]
  • Unicode character: 💧[5]
  • Has part(s): water[6], sodium chloride[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tears[8]
  • Commons gallery: Tears[9]
  • Facet of: crying[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15]
  • Produced by: lacrimal apparatus[16]
  • Subject has role: cleaning[17]

Why It Matters

tear has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] tear is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q36236 (mal)-Netha Hussain-കണ്ണുനീർ.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q36236 (mal)-Netha Hussain-കണ്ണുനീർ.wav"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q319115
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q319115, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → tears
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: tears, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961564|tears (#289961564)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 31zBea
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → crying
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → body fluid
    Topic's main category → Category:Tears
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 26812, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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