fósforo

Also known as matchstick, sulfur match, sulphur match, safety match, match stick

utensilio fungible, consistente en una varilla de material combustible

AI overview

A match is a small stick with a chemical coating on its tip that ignites when struck against a rough surface, producing a flame for starting fires. Matches have been an important tool throughout history for reliably creating fire, making them useful for lighting candles, stoves, and other purposes before modern conveniences like lighters and electricity became widespread.

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Within Vinony's link graph, fósforo is referenced by 474 other articles, and connects out to lighter, gum arabic and white phosphorus.

Vinony files it under Camping equipment, Chinese inventions and English inventions.

Its subject is documented across 113 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

UK legislation.short_title: White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act 1908
UK legislation.type: Act
UK legislation.parliament: Parliament of the United Kingdom
UK legislation.long_title: An Act to prohibit the Manufacture, Sale, and Importation of Matches made with White Phosphorus, and for other purposes in connection therewith.
UK legislation.year: 1908
UK legislation.citation: 8 Edw. 7. c. 42
UK legislation.territorial_extent: United Kingdom
UK legislation.royal_assent: 21 December 1908
UK legislation.commencement: 1 January 1910
UK legislation.repeal_date: 1 July 1938
UK legislation.repealing_legislation: Factories Act 1937
UK legislation.status: Repealed
UK legislation.original_text: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/42/contents/enacted
UK legislation.use_new_UK LEG: no
UK legislation.collapsed: yes

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: disposable product
Image: Streichholz.jpg
Has use: firelighting

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Commons gallery: Match
exact match: wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103696107-n
Commons category: Matches
topic's main category: Category:Matches
different from: electric match

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Article · Español

Un fósforo, cerilla, cerillo, misto o mixto (en griego, φωσφόρος, lit. ‘portador de luz’) es un utensilio fungible, consistente en una varilla de material combustible con un extremo (llamado cabeza) recubierto por una sustancia tal que, al frotar la cabeza contra una superficie rugosa adecuada, el calor producido por la fricción hace llegar la cabeza a la temperatura de ignición y esta se enciende. Es uno de los principales inventos de la historia, ya que permitió al ser humano obtener fuego de manera instantánea.

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