glass

amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition when heated towards the liquid state
Thing non_classical_state_of_matter Q11469
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glass

Summary

glass is a non-classical state of matter[1]. glass draws 4,505 Wikipedia views per month (non_classical_state_of_matter category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • glass's instance of is recorded as non-classical state of matter[3].
  • glass's instance of is recorded as material[4].
  • glass's instance of is recorded as product category[5].
  • glass is a type of amorphous solid[6].
  • glass is a type of solid[7].
  • glass is a type of material[8].
  • glass is a type of building material[9].
  • glass's Commons category is recorded as Glass[10].
  • glass's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glass[11].
  • glass's Commons gallery is recorded as Glass[12].
  • glass's described at URL is recorded as https://hedendaagsesieraden.nl/2023/11/18/glas/[13].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[14].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as hedendaagsesieraden.nl[20].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[22].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[23].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Grove Art Online[24].
  • glass's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[25].
  • glass's different from is recorded as Glas[26].
  • glass's different from is recorded as Glass[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include non-classical state of matter[3], material[4], and product category[5]. Recorded subclass of include amorphous solid[6], solid[7], material[8], and building material[9].

Influence

Things named for glass include Emerald Buddha[28], a statue[29], in Thailand[30], founded in 1500[31]; Liquidmetal[32], a trademark[33]; and Glassport[34], a borough of Pennsylvania[35], in United States[36], founded in 1902[37].

Why It Matters

glass draws 4,505 Wikipedia views per month (non_classical_state_of_matter category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] glass has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] glass is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for glass include Emerald Buddha[28], a statue[29], in Thailand[30], founded in 1500[31]; Liquidmetal[32], a trademark[33]; and Glassport[34], a borough of Pennsylvania[35], in United States[36], founded in 1902[37].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Google Product Taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Google Product Taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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