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thermoplastic

plastic that becomes soft when heated and hard when cooled
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Summary

thermoplastic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,498 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: polymer[2]
  • Subclass of: plastic[3]
  • Commons category: Thermoplastic[4]
  • Opposite of: thermosetting polymer[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Thermoplastics[6]

Why It Matters

thermoplastic has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] thermoplastic is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . 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. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0202726-termoplasty
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0202726-termoplasty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → plastic
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Thermoplastics
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 4984, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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