biology

scientific study of living things, especially their structure, function, growth, evolution, and distribution
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biology

Summary

biology is a branch of science[1]. biology ranks in the top 1% of branch_of_science entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,482 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • biology's instance of is recorded as branch of science[3].
  • biology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • biology's instance of is recorded as academic major[5].
  • biology is a type of natural science[6].
  • biology is a type of life sciences[7].
  • biology's Commons category is recorded as Biology[8].
  • biology's said to be the same as is recorded as life sciences[9].
  • biology comprises morphology[10].
  • biology comprises ecology[11].
  • biology comprises botany[12].
  • biology comprises zoology[13].
  • biology comprises archaeobiology[14].
  • biology comprises anatomy[15].
  • biology comprises mycology[16].
  • biology comprises genetics[17].
  • biology comprises biology of colour[18].
  • biology comprises cell biology[19].
  • biology comprises evolutionary biology[20].
  • biology comprises computational biology[21].
  • biology comprises neurobiology[22].
  • biology comprises microbiology[23].
  • biology comprises biotechnology[24].
  • biology comprises biochemistry[25].
  • biology comprises biophysics[26].
  • biology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biology[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include branch of science[3], academic discipline[4], and academic major[5]. Recorded subclass of include natural science[6] and life sciences[7].

Use and Application

Components include morphology[10], a branch of biology[28]; ecology[11], an academic discipline[29]; botany[12], an academic discipline[30]; zoology[13], a branch of biology[31]; archaeobiology[14], an archaeological sub-discipline[32]; and anatomy[15], a branch of biology[33].

Why It Matters

biology ranks in the top 1% of branch_of_science entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,482 views/month).[2] biology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] biology is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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