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formate

salt or ester of formic acid
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formate

Summary

formate is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. formate draws 324 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #148 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • formate's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • formate is a type of carboxylate[4].
  • formate's Commons category is recorded as Formates[5].
  • formate's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Formates[6].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for formate include formicaite[7], a mineral species[8].

Why It Matters

formate draws 324 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #148 of 1,029).[2] formate has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] formate is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Entities named for formate include formicaite[7], a mineral species[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . 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. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Formates
    Subclass of → carboxylate
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6515, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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