work

Summary

work ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,650 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• work is a type of energy transfer^[2].
• work is a type of physical quantity^[3].
• work is a type of energy^[4].
• work's Commons category is recorded as Work (physics)^[5].
• work is the opposite of heat^[6].
• work's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-4:2006 Quantities and units—Part 4: Mechanics^[7].
• work's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics^[8].
• work's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[9].
• work's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[10].
• work's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/work^[11].
• work's different from is recorded as mechanical work^[12].
• work's different from is recorded as work^[13].
• work's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers^[14].
• work's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[15].
• work's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[16].
• work's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as joule^[17].
• work's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as kilogram square metre per square second^[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include energy transfer^[2], physical quantity^[3], and energy^[4]. work is the opposite of heat^[6].

Why It Matters

work ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,650 views/month).^[1] work has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] work is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]