casting
manufacturing process where liquid material is poured into a mold and then solidified
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Summary
casting is a technique[1]. casting draws 2,040 Wikipedia views per month (technique category, ranking #60 of 416).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: artistic technique[3]
- Subclass of: shaping process[4], forming process[5], manufacturing process[6]
- Commons category: Casting[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Casting (manufacturing)[8]
- Commons gallery: Casting[9]
- Product or material produced: cast[10]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], The New Student's Reference Work[12]
- Different from: casting[13]
- Uses: mold[14], liquid[15]
- Practiced by: molding worker[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Craft[17]
- Model item: metal casting[18]
- WordLift URL: http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/cast[19]
- P14541: 26izPU[20]
Why It Matters
casting has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] casting is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]