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melting

phase change from solid to liquid
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melting
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Summary

melting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,854 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: phase change[2], liquefaction[3]
  • Commons category: Melting[4]
  • Opposite of: freezing[5]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[7]
  • Has effect: liquid state of matter[8]
  • Has characteristic: enthalpy of fusion[9], melting point[10]
  • Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Melting[11], https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0000053[12]
  • Different from: nuclear fusion[13], dissolution[14], smelting[15]
  • Uses: solid state of matter[16]
  • Studied by: thermodynamics[17]
  • Permanent duplicated item: melting[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[20]
  • P14541: JLWgT[21]

Why It Matters

melting has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] melting is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Belfort thermodynamics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . Q141222183. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Q141572184. wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['anp', 'ar', 'az', 'bcl', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv'
    Environment ontology id → 01000723
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Melting, https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0000053
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 01000723, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143355328|melting (#143355328)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontolo"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Melting, https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0000053
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicprocess/Melting"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → JLWgT
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Uses → —
    Has characteristic → enthalpy of fusion, melting point
    Has effect → liquid state of matter
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 3343, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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