timepiece

instrument that measures the passage of time
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timepiece

Summary

timepiece ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,661 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • timepiece is a type of machine[2].
  • timepiece is a type of metrological mechanism[3].
  • timepiece is a type of timepiece[4].
  • timepiece is a type of decorative object[5].
  • timepiece is used for displaying[6].
  • timepiece is used for chronometry[7].
  • timepiece's Commons category is recorded as Clocks[8].
  • timepiece's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clocks[9].
  • timepiece's Commons gallery is recorded as Clock[10].
  • timepiece's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as amenity=clock[11].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19].
  • timepiece's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[20].
  • timepiece's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[21].
  • timepiece's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103050242-n[22].
  • timepiece's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[23].
  • timepiece's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include machine[2], metrological mechanism[3], timepiece[4], and decorative object[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include displaying[6] and chronometry[7].

Influence

Things named for timepiece include Cosmo Clock 21[25], a Ferris wheel[26], in Japan[27], founded in 1989[28].

Why It Matters

timepiece ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,661 views/month).[1] timepiece has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] timepiece is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for timepiece include Cosmo Clock 21[25], a Ferris wheel[26], in Japan[27], founded in 1989[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Union of list of values as qualifiers
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 4680657
    Local thumb
    Has use displaying, chronometry
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 177053"
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