grain size

diameter of individual grains of sediment, or of lithified particles in clastic rocks
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grain size

Summary

grain size ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (286 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • grain size's subclass of is recorded as particle size[2].
  • grain size's Commons category is recorded as Sediments by particle size[3].
  • grain size's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D010316[4].
  • grain size's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cr703[5].
  • grain size's MeSH tree code is recorded as G02.712[6].
  • grain size's facet of is recorded as granulometry[7].
  • grain size's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[8].
  • grain size's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/grain-size-scale[9].
  • grain size's studied by is recorded as granulometry[10].
  • grain size's studied by is recorded as sedimentology[11].
  • grain size's studied by is recorded as petrology[12].
  • grain size's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f3w6d41_[13].
  • grain size's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0030608[14].
  • grain size's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as grain-size[15].
  • grain size's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 192191005[16].
  • grain size's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C192191005[17].

Why It Matters

grain size ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (286 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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