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heat transfer

transport of thermal energy in physical systems
Thing thermodynamic_process Q179635
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Summary

heat transfer is a thermodynamic process[1]. It draws 4,724 Wikipedia views per month (thermodynamic process category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: energy transfer[3]
  • Commons category: Heat transfer[4]
  • Said to be the same as: heat[5]
  • Opposite of: adiabasis[6]
  • Has part(s): convection[7], thermal conduction[8], thermal radiation[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heat transfer[10]
  • Commons gallery: Heat transfer[11]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12]
  • Different from: heat[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14], WikiProject Climate change[15]

Why It Matters

heat transfer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . thermodynamics. 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.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['VTAMW', '3cRd5B']
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0259125-sdileni-tepla
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0259125-sdileni-tepla, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 19w ago · Treisijs · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → ['Q8487193', 'Q15305047']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Physics"
  4. 20w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikiskripta article id → 1468
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikiskripta article id: 1468, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78317418|Transport tepla (#78317418)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkripta]] #mi"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → heat
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → energy transfer
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 17700, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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