dalton

unit of mass defined as ¹⁄₁₂ of the mass of a carbon-12 atom
Intangible unit_of_mass Q483261
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dalton

Summary

dalton is an unit of mass[1]. dalton ranks in the top 7% of unit_of_mass entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,138 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • dalton's instance of is recorded as unit of mass[3].
  • dalton's instance of is recorded as SI-accepted non-SI unit[4].
  • dalton's instance of is recorded as non-SI unit mentioned in and accepted with the SI[5].
  • dalton's measured physical quantity is recorded as atomic mass[6].
  • John Dalton is named after dalton[7].
  • dalton's said to be the same as is recorded as unified atomic mass constant[8].
  • dalton's described at URL is recorded as https://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/unified-atomic-mass-unit[9].
  • dalton's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • dalton's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+0.00000000000000000000000000166053906892'}[11].
  • dalton's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q483261 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[12].
  • dalton's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Da'}[14].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'а.е.м.'}[15].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Да'}[16].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'tt', 'text': 'м.а.б.'}[17].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'u.a.m.'}[18].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Da'}[19].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'u'}[20].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'u'}[21].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Da'}[22].
  • dalton's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Da'}[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include unit of mass[3], SI-accepted non-SI unit[4], and non-SI unit mentioned in and accepted with the SI[5].

Origins

John Dalton is named after dalton[7].

Why It Matters

dalton ranks in the top 7% of unit_of_mass entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,138 views/month).[2] dalton has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] dalton is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISO 80000-10:2019 Quantities and units — Part 10: Atomic and nuclear physics. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pml.nist.gov. pml.nist.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . International Electrotechnical Vocabulary. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unit symbol {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Da'}, {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'а.е.м.'}, {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Да'} +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5061]]: Da"
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