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creep

the tendency of a solid material to move slowly or deform permanently
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creep

Summary

creep ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (957 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • creep is a type of deformation[2].
  • creep's Commons category is recorded as Creep (materials science)[3].
  • creep's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[4].
  • creep's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5].
  • creep's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[6].

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Definition and Type

creep is a type of deformation[2].

Why It Matters

creep ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (957 views/month).[1] creep has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] creep is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). creep. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/creep
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_creep_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{creep}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/creep}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → deformation
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3082, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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