viscosity

resistance of a fluid to shear deformation
Product mechanical_property Q128709
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viscosity

Summary

viscosity is a mechanical property[1]. viscosity draws 40,091 Wikipedia views per month (mechanical_property category, ranking #2 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • viscosity's instance of is recorded as mechanical property[3].
  • viscosity is a type of properties of water[4].
  • viscosity is a type of intensive quantity[5].
  • viscosity is a type of resistance force[6].
  • viscosity's Commons category is recorded as Viscosity[7].
  • viscosity's quantity symbol is recorded as η[8].
  • viscosity's quantity symbol is recorded as μ[9].
  • viscosity is the opposite of fluidity[10].
  • viscosity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Viscosity[11].
  • viscosity's facet of is recorded as friction[12].
  • viscosity's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • viscosity's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • viscosity's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • viscosity's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • viscosity's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[17].
  • viscosity's partially coincident with is recorded as firmness[18].
  • viscosity's different from is recorded as plasticity[19].
  • viscosity's studied by is recorded as rheology[20].
  • viscosity's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • viscosity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[22].
  • viscosity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[23].

Why It Matters

viscosity draws 40,091 Wikipedia views per month (mechanical_property category, ranking #2 of 18).[2] viscosity has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] viscosity is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14884 → 0000992
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14884]]: 0000992"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → EnDQN, HWlMn, 2FLPb1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics, WikiProject Fluid dynamics
    Facet of → friction
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Aliases → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6240, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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