plastic
material of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids
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Summary
plastic draws 19,595 Wikipedia views per month (organic matter category, ranking #1 of 5).[1]
Key Facts
- Made from material: fossil fuel[2], polymer[3]
- Subclass of: chemical substance[4], material[5], organic matter[6]
- Commons category: Plastics[7]
- Said to be the same as: plastic[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Plastics[9]
- Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10]
- Topic has template: Template:Plastics[11]
- Different from: synthetic resin[12]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[13], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Polymers[15], WikiProject Materials[16], WikiProject Chemistry[17], WikiProject Environment[18]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for plastic include Eurythenes plasticus[19], a taxon[20].
Why It Matters
plastic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] plastic is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
Entities named for plastic include Eurythenes plasticus[19], a taxon[20].