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wear

damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces
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wear

Summary

wear has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • wear is a type of deformation[2].
  • wear is a type of removal[3].
  • wear is a type of natural process[4].
  • wear is a type of degradation[5].
  • wear's Commons category is recorded as Wear (materials science)[6].
  • wear comprises abrasion[7].
  • wear comprises corrosion[8].
  • wear comprises adhesion[9].
  • wear comprises fretting[10].
  • wear's studied by is recorded as tribology[11].
  • wear's class of object is recorded as material[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include deformation[2], removal[3], natural process[4], and degradation[5].

Use and Application

Components include abrasion[7]; corrosion[8], a chemical phenomenon[13]; adhesion[9], a surface phenomenon[14]; and fretting[10].

Why It Matters

wear has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] wear is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

tribology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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