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gel

solid jelly-like material that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough. Gels are defined as a substantially dilute cross-linked system, which exhibits no flow when in the steady-state
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gel

Summary

gel is a group or class of chemical substances[1]. gel ranks in the top 8% of group_or_class_of_chemical_substances entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (737 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • gel's instance of is recorded as group or class of chemical substances[3].
  • gel is a type of chemical substance[4].
  • gel's Commons category is recorded as Gels[5].
  • gel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gels[6].
  • gel's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • gel's different from is recorded as Gel[8].
  • gel's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001561[9].
  • gel's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

Why It Matters

gel ranks in the top 8% of group_or_class_of_chemical_substances entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (737 views/month).[2] gel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] gel is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

aerogel agarose gel calcium phosphate gel carrageenan Decorgel Gel Gelclair growth medium hydrogel jelly microgels molecular condom petroleum jelly polyacrylamide gel polymer network gel silica gel silicone gels skin electrode gel sol-gel process xerogel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Compendium of Chemical Terminology. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Compendium of Chemical Terminology. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). gel. Retrieved March 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gel
MLA “gel.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Mar. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gel.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gel_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{gel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gel}, note = {Accessed: 2026-03-11}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mesh descriptor id → —
    Lex id → —
    Yso id → 12973
    Environment ontology id → 01001561
    + 69 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12973, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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