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freezing

phase transition in which a liquid turns into a solid due to a decrease in thermal energy
Event phase_change Q108000
freezing
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

freezing is a phase change[1]. freezing draws 1,544 Wikipedia views per month (phase change category, ranking #4 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physical process[3], refrigeration[4]
  • Commons category: Freezing[5]
  • Opposite of: melting[6]
  • Described by source: Q124618875[7]
  • Partially coincident with: crystallization[8]
  • Has effect: solid state of matter[9]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C48160[10]
  • Different from: blood coagulation[11], curing[12]
  • Uses: liquid state of matter[13], refrigerator[14]
  • Studied by: thermodynamics[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

freezing has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] freezing is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Bretteville-sur-Laize thermodynamics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 63
    Environment ontology id → 01001548
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'bcl', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 01001548, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143356145|freezing (#143356145)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontol"
  2. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Partially coincident with → crystallization
    Aliases → —
    Uses → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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