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metrology

science of measurement and its application
Intangible academic_discipline Q394
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Summary

metrology is an academic discipline[1]. metrology draws 3,384 Wikipedia views per month (academic discipline category, ranking #105 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of science[3], academic major[4]
  • Subclass of: physical science[5]
  • Commons category: Metrology[6]
  • Has part(s): scientific metrology[7], applied metrology[8], legal metrology[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Metrology[10]
  • Described by source: International Vocabulary of Metrology (3rd edition, 2012)[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[12]
  • Different from: meteorology[13], measure theory[14], mereology[15]
  • Practiced by: metrologist[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

metrology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] metrology is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Almir Badnjevic Cornelis Drebbel Diogo Ribeiro Dmitri Mendeleev Federal Institute of Metrology Kazakhstan meteorology National Institute of Standards and Technology National Physical Laboratory Pedanius Dioscorides Peter Mathys physical science Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → wIaOh
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  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001627-metrologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001627-metrologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged at → —
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    Different from → meteorology, measure theory, mereology
    Subclass of → physical science
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 3586, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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