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thermal conduction

transfer of internal energy within a body due to particle collisions & electron movements
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Summary

thermal conduction is a physical phenomenon[1]. It draws 3,825 Wikipedia views per month (physical phenomenon category, ranking #21 of 138).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: thermal property[3]
  • Commons category: Heat conduction[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heat conduction[5]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[7], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8]
  • Different from: thermal conductivity[9], electrical conductivity[10]

Why It Matters

thermal conduction has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → conduction
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: conduction, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289916988|conduction (#289916988)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['1X4p97', '20Khov']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0221798-sdileni-tepla-vedenim
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0221798-sdileni-tepla-vedenim, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → thermal property
    Instance of → physical phenomenon
    Topic's main category → Category:Heat conduction
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ Yso id: 19905, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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