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unit of length

way of measuring length or distance
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Summary

unit of length ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,825 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • unit of length's measured physical quantity is recorded as length[2].
  • unit of length is a type of Q141631942[3].
  • unit of length's Commons category is recorded as Length[4].
  • unit of length's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Units of length[5].
  • unit of length's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[6].
  • unit of length's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[7].
  • unit of length's topic has template is recorded as Template:Metric units of length[8].
  • unit of length's topic has template is recorded as Q20656298[9].
  • unit of length's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C42578[10].
  • unit of length's P14870 is recorded as ont00001290[11].

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Definition and Type

unit of length is a type of Q141631942[3].

Why It Matters

unit of length ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,825 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . fr.khanacademy.org. fr.khanacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 9d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q141631942
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bcl', 'be_x_old', 'bs', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'fy',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: Q141631942"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00001290
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14870: ont00001290"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time
    Topic has template → Template:Metric units of length, Q20656298
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → Q141631942
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531603105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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