air

homogeneous mixture of the gaseous substances nitrogen, oxygen, and smaller amounts of other substances; gas mixture present in the Earth's atmosphere
Thing gas Q7391292
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air

Summary

air is a gas[1]. air draws 739 Wikipedia views per month (gas category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • air's instance of is recorded as gas[3].
  • air's instance of is recorded as mixture[4].
  • air's instance of is recorded as chemical substance[5].
  • air is a type of gas[6].
  • air is a type of mixture[7].
  • air is used for lifting gas[8].
  • air is used for combustion[9].
  • air's Commons category is recorded as Air[10].
  • air comprises dioxygen[11].
  • air comprises dinitrogen[12].
  • air comprises carbon dioxide[13].
  • air comprises water vapor[14].
  • air comprises argon[15].
  • air comprises methane[16].
  • air's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Air[17].
  • air's refractive index is recorded as {'amount': '+1.00026825'}[18].
  • air's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
  • air's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • air's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • air's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[22].
  • air's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
  • air's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/air[24].
  • air's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://engineering.stackexchange.com/tags/air[25].
  • air's has characteristic is recorded as atmospheric pressure[26].
  • air's has characteristic is recorded as air temperature[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include gas[3], mixture[4], and chemical substance[5]. Recorded subclass of include gas[6] and mixture[7].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include lifting gas[8] and combustion[9]. Components include dioxygen[11], a type of chemical entity[28]; dinitrogen[12], a type of chemical entity[29]; carbon dioxide[13], a type of chemical entity[30]; water vapor[14], a state of matter[31]; argon[15], a chemical element[32]; and methane[16], a gas[33].

Influence

Things named for air include United States Navy SEALs[34], a special forces[35], in United States[36], founded in 1962[37], headquartered in Naval Amphibious Base Coronado[38]; Airbnb[39], a business[40], in United States[41], founded in 2007[42], headquartered in New York City[43]; iPhone Air[44], a smartphone model[45]; The Squaire[46], an office building[47], in Germany[48], founded in 2011[49]; and Aircash[50], an organization[51], in Croatia[52], founded in 2015[53].

Why It Matters

air draws 739 Wikipedia views per month (gas category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] air has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54]

Entities named for air include United States Navy SEALs[34], a special forces[35], in United States[36], founded in 1962[37], headquartered in Naval Amphibious Base Coronado[38]; Airbnb[39], a business[40], in United States[41], founded in 2007[42], headquartered in New York City[43]; iPhone Air[44], a smartphone model[45]; The Squaire[46], an office building[47], in Germany[48], founded in 2011[49]; and Aircash[50], an organization[51], in Croatia[52], founded in 2015[53].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . library.unimed.ac.id. library.unimed.ac.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [50] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Thermal conductivity {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+0.026'}
    Dynamic viscosity {'unit': 'Q26162587', 'amount': '+18.5'}
    Has parts
    Refractive index {'amount': '+1.00026825'}
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