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British thermal unit

outdated unit of energy, about 1054.3503 J
Intangible unit_of_energy Q211580
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Summary

British thermal unit is an unit of energy[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of unit of energy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,924 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: UCUM derived unit[3]
  • Measured physical quantity: energy[4]
  • Named after: United Kingdom[5]
  • Different from: British thermal unit (IT)[6], British thermal unit (ISO)[7], British thermal unit (39 °F)[8], British thermal unit (59 °F)[9], British thermal unit (60 °F)[10], British thermal unit (mean)[11]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 1054.35026444 joule[12]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q211580 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[13]
  • Unit symbol: BTU (th)[14]

Why It Matters

British thermal unit has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 39
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ga', '
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, bg */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wurvoc.org measure id → British_thermal_unit-thermochemical
    Instance of → unit of energy, UCUM derived unit
    Different from → British thermal unit (IT), British thermal unit (ISO), British thermal unit (39 °F) +3
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wurvoc.org measure id: British_thermal_unit-thermochemical, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/14007408|British thermal unit (thermochemical) (#14007408)]] in [[:t"
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