distance

Summary

distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,204 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• distance is a type of scalar quantity^[2].
• distance is a type of observable entity^[3].
• distance is a type of physical quantity^[4].
• distance is a type of metric function^[5].
• distance is part of geometry^[6].
• distance is part of relative location^[7].
• distance's Commons category is recorded as Distance^[8].
• distance's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Distance^[9].
• distance's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time^[10].
• distance's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• distance's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time^[12].
• distance's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[13].
• distance's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/distance^[14].
• distance's has characteristic is recorded as line^[15].
• distance's manifestation of is recorded as metric function^[16].
• distance's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3157^[17].
• distance's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Distance^[18].
• distance's different from is recorded as graph distance^[19].
• distance's different from is recorded as travel distance^[20].
• distance's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[21].
• distance's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[22].
• distance's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as metre^[23].
• distance's P14692 is recorded as Brussels^[24].
• distance's P14852 is recorded as 0000032^[25].
• distance's P14884 is recorded as 0000040^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include scalar quantity^[2], observable entity^[3], physical quantity^[4], and metric function^[5].

Use and Application

Part of include geometry^[6], a branch of mathematics^[27] and relative location^[7].

Why It Matters

distance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,204 views/month).^[1] distance has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] distance is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]