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biodegradation

decomposition by living organisms
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biodegradation

Summary

biodegradation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • biodegradation is a type of decomposition[2].
  • biodegradation's Commons category is recorded as Biodegradation[3].
  • biodegradation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biodegradation[4].
  • biodegradation's partially coincident with is recorded as decomposition[5].

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Definition and Type

biodegradation is a type of decomposition[2].

Why It Matters

biodegradation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[1] biodegradation has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] biodegradation is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). biodegradation. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/biodegradation
MLA “biodegradation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/biodegradation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_biodegradation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{biodegradation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/biodegradation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-04}}
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Edit History

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. 44m ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 49
    Environment ontology id → 06105014
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bcl', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3859]]: 06105014, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143356853|biodegradation (#143356853)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Onto"
  2. 29d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → biodegradation
    Eurovoc id → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: biodegradation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910320|biodegradation (#289910320)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  3. 11w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eurovoc id → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P5437]]: 4891, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260985|batch #260985]]"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004100-biodegradace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004100-biodegradace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → decomposition
    Topic's main category → Category:Biodegradation
    Partially coincident with → decomposition
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14568, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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