gloss
optical property describing the ability of a surface to reflect light in a specular direction
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Summary
gloss is a property[1]. gloss draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (property category, ranking #67 of 127).[2]
Key Facts
- gloss's instance of is recorded as property[3].
- gloss's GND ID is recorded as 4157410-2[4].
- gloss's subclass of is recorded as optical property[5].
- gloss's subclass of is recorded as sheen[6].
- gloss's Commons category is recorded as Gloss[7].
- gloss's opposite of is recorded as matte[8].
- gloss's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300065242[9].
- gloss's facet of is recorded as optics[10].
- gloss's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/gloss-surface-lustre[11].
- gloss's has characteristic is recorded as specular reflection[12].
- gloss's different from is recorded as luster[13].
- gloss's different from is recorded as Glans[14].
- gloss's different from is recorded as luster glaze[15].
- gloss's different from is recorded as Glosa[16].
- gloss's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120q__q4[17].
- gloss's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1873209[18].
- gloss's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as glans[19].
- gloss's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
- gloss's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 143025027[21].
- gloss's IEV number is recorded as 845-24-080[22].
- gloss's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C143025027[23].
- gloss's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as glossy[24].
- gloss's WikiKids ID is recorded as Glans[25].
- gloss's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 46128[26].
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Works and Contributions
Things named for gloss include augite[27], a mineral species[28]; augelite[29], a mineral species[30]; and stilpnomelane[31], a mineral species[32].
Why It Matters
gloss draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (property category, ranking #67 of 127).[2] gloss has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] gloss is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for gloss include augite[27], a mineral species[28]; augelite[29], a mineral species[30]; and stilpnomelane[31], a mineral species[32].