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liquid crystal

state of matter with properties of both conventional liquids and crystals
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Summary

liquid crystal is a non-classical state of matter[1]. It draws 3,212 Wikipedia views per month (non classical state of matter category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commons category: Liquid crystals[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Liquid crystals[4]
  • Commons gallery: Liquid crystal[5]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[7], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/liquid-crystals[9]

Why It Matters

liquid crystal has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

liquid-crystal display

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da',
    Gnd id → 4071279-5
    Sitelink count → 60
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  2. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 33.70
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → non-classical state of matter
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Topic's main category → Category:Liquid crystals
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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