windmill

machine that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of adjustable sails
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windmill

Summary

windmill has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • windmill is a type of production structure[2].
  • windmill is a type of geographic location[3].
  • windmill is a type of converter[4].
  • windmill is a type of architectural structure[5].
  • windmill is used for energy[6].
  • windmill's Commons category is recorded as Windmills[7].
  • windmill's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as D2691E[8].
  • windmill's source of energy is recorded as wind power[9].
  • windmill's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Windmills[10].
  • windmill's Commons gallery is recorded as Windmill[11].
  • windmill's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=windmill[12].
  • windmill's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13].
  • windmill's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[14].
  • windmill's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • windmill's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • windmill's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[17].
  • windmill's described by source is recorded as Kartographer icon[18].
  • windmill's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox windmill[19].
  • windmill's used by is recorded as miller[20].
  • windmill's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Windmill[21].
  • windmill's different from is recorded as Wiatrak, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship[22].
  • windmill's different from is recorded as wind turbine[23].
  • windmill's Belarus Globe URL is recorded as https://globustut.by/type_tn_windmlyns.htm[24].
  • windmill's has part is recorded as windmill sail[25].
  • windmill's has part is recorded as drive shaft to which a windmill's sails are affixed[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include production structure[2], geographic location[3], converter[4], and architectural structure[5].

Use and Application

windmill is used for energy[6]. windmill's used by is recorded as miller[20].

Influence

Things named for windmill include windmill graph[27] and Windmill[28], a free software[29], founded in 2022[30].

Why It Matters

windmill has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] windmill is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for windmill include windmill graph[27] and Windmill[28], a free software[29], founded in 2022[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . akp.nba.fi. Retrieved . akp.nba.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag windmills
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: windmills, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289965576|windmills (#289965576)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0006323-vetrne-mlyny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006323-vetrne-mlyny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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