wheelchair

chair with wheels, used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability
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wheelchair

Summary

wheelchair ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,069 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wheelchair's manufacturer is recorded as Numotion (United States)[2].
  • wheelchair's manufacturer is recorded as Pride Mobility Products (United States)[3].
  • wheelchair is a type of chair[4].
  • wheelchair is a type of mobility aid[5].
  • wheelchair is a type of adaptive equipment[6].
  • wheelchair is a type of wheeled vehicle[7].
  • wheelchair is used for motion[8].
  • wheelchair's Commons category is recorded as Wheelchairs[9].
  • wheelchair's Unicode character is recorded as ♿[10].
  • wheelchair's Unicode character is recorded as 🦽[11].
  • wheelchair comprises wheel[12].
  • wheelchair comprises accoudoir[13].
  • wheelchair comprises seat[14].
  • wheelchair comprises footstool[15].
  • wheelchair's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wheelchairs[16].
  • wheelchair's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nationalgeographic.fr/histoire/technologie-personnes-a-mobilite-reduite-pmr-comment-le-fauteuil-roulant-a-permis-a-des-millions-de-personnes-de-decouvrir-le-monde[17].
  • wheelchair's different from is recorded as office chair[18].
  • wheelchair's different from is recorded as electric wheelchair[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include chair[4], mobility aid[5], adaptive equipment[6], and wheeled vehicle[7].

Use and Application

wheelchair is used for motion[8]. Components include wheel[12]; accoudoir[13]; seat[14]; and footstool[15], a furniture[20].

Why It Matters

wheelchair ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,069 views/month).[1] wheelchair has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] wheelchair is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . youthpresspakistan.youthgroupltd.com. youthpresspakistan.youthgroupltd.com. Provenance: 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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