dew point

temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapour
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dew point

Summary

dew point ranks in the top 0.9% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,058 views/month, #698 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • dew point is a type of physical quantity[2].
  • dew point is a type of thermodynamic temperature[3].
  • dew point's Commons category is recorded as Dew point[4].
  • dew point's approximation algorithm is recorded as Mangus formula[5].
  • dew point's facet of is recorded as dew[6].
  • dew point's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-5:2007 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[7].
  • dew point's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-5:2019 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[8].
  • dew point's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[9].
  • dew point's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[10].
  • dew point's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].
  • dew point's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as kelvin[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical quantity[2] and thermodynamic temperature[3].

Why It Matters

dew point ranks in the top 0.9% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,058 views/month, #698 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . ISO 80000-5:2019 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by thermodynamics
    Recommended unit of measurement kelvin
    Facet of dew
    Approximation algorithm Mangus formula
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550684505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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