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Summary

window ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,657 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • window is made of glass[2].
  • window is a type of bay[3].
  • window is a type of building material[4].
  • window is a type of architectural element[5].
  • window is a type of separator[6].
  • window is part of façade[7].
  • window is part of house[8].
  • window is part of building[9].
  • window is part of door[10].
  • window is used for daylighting[11].
  • window is used for view[12].
  • window is used for ventilation[13].
  • window's Commons category is recorded as Windows[14].
  • window's Unicode character is recorded as 🪟[15].
  • window's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Windows[16].
  • window's Commons gallery is recorded as Window[17].
  • window's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • window's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19].
  • window's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • window's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[21].
  • window's name in kana is recorded as まど[22].
  • window's different from is recorded as Okno[23].
  • window's different from is recorded as window[24].
  • window's hashtag is recorded as window[25].
  • window's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include bay[3], building material[4], architectural element[5], and separator[6].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include daylighting[11], view[12], and ventilation[13]. Part of include façade[7], an architectural element[27]; house[8], a type of building[28]; building[9]; and door[10], a geolocatable entity[29].

Influence

Things named for window include window[30], a computer science term[31].

Why It Matters

window ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,657 views/month).[1] window has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] window is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for window include window[30], a computer science term[31].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Iwanami Ancient Japanese Dictionary Revised Edition. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +1
    Category for the view from the item → Category:Views from windows
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17133, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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