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coefficient of friction

dimensionless scalar value which describes the ratio of the force of friction between two bodies and the force pressing them together; depends on the materials used, ranges from near zero to greater than one
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coefficient of friction

Summary

coefficient of friction is a coefficient[1]. It draws 57 Wikipedia views per month (coefficient category, ranking #6 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • coefficient of friction's instance of is recorded as coefficient[3].
  • coefficient of friction's GND ID is recorded as 4214429-2[4].
  • coefficient of friction's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless quantity[5].
  • coefficient of friction's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/coefficient-of-friction[6].
  • coefficient of friction's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5575[7].
  • coefficient of friction's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1233fx0w[8].
  • coefficient of friction's Quora topic ID is recorded as Coefficient-of-Friction-1[9].
  • coefficient of friction's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as coefficient-of-friction[10].
  • coefficient of friction's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[11].
  • coefficient of friction's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as F02530[12].
  • coefficient of friction's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "CoefficientOfFriction::g6xmy"][13].
  • coefficient of friction's quantity symbol is recorded as \mu[14].
  • coefficient of friction's quantity symbol is recorded as f[15].
  • coefficient of friction's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as earth-and-planetary-sciences/coefficient-of-friction[16].
  • coefficient of friction's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as engineering/coefficient-of-friction[17].
  • coefficient of friction's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as physics-and-astronomy/coefficient-of-friction[18].
  • coefficient of friction's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as chemistry/friction-coefficient[19].

Why It Matters

coefficient of friction draws 57 Wikipedia views per month (coefficient category, ranking #6 of 11).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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