crystal

Summary

crystal ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,478 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• crystal is a type of solid^[2].
• crystal is a type of chemical substance^[3].
• crystal is a type of bound state^[4].
• crystal's Commons category is recorded as Crystals^[5].
• crystal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crystals^[6].
• crystal's Commons gallery is recorded as Crystal^[7].
• crystal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• crystal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• crystal's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[10].
• crystal's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[11].
• crystal's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[12].
• crystal's manifestation of is recorded as crystallinity^[13].
• crystal's different from is recorded as Kristall^[14].
• crystal's different from is recorded as Crystal^[15].
• crystal's studied by is recorded as crystallography^[16].
• crystal's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000845^[17].
• crystal's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include solid^[2], chemical substance^[3], and bound state^[4].

Why It Matters

crystal ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,478 views/month).^[1] crystal has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] crystal is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]