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forming

metalworking process of fashioning parts and objects through mechanical deformation; the workpiece is reshaped without adding or removing material
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Summary

forming ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • forming is a type of metalworking[2].
  • forming is a type of manufacturing process[3].
  • forming is a type of shaping process[4].
  • forming's Commons category is recorded as Metalforming[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include metalworking[2], manufacturing process[3], and shaping process[4].

Why It Matters

forming ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).[1] forming has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] forming is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → metalworking, manufacturing process, shaping process
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0233465-tvareni-kovu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0233465-tvareni-kovu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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