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Wikipedia: Bus

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A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport.

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus
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Reference Work
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2
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Wikipedia: Bus
Wikipedia
  • Wikipedia article lead paragraph, first sentence
    A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport.
  • Page itself: English Wikipedia encyclopedia article
    A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport.
  • Page footer: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport.
  • Page address bar
    A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport.
  • Editorial judgment: general-purpose tertiary encyclopedia, tier matches sibling Wikipedia sources on this atlas
    A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport.
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Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)

This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Vehicles, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Subcategories, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Modes, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

11

Sources

Wikipedia: Bus

Subcategories

Buses and Road Mass Transit Vehicles

Vehicles

Bus

Holds

1

Modes

Bus Transport

General References

5

Subcategories

Buses and Road Mass Transit Vehicles

Vehicles

Bus
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