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kinetic energy

energy of a moving physical body
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Summary

kinetic energy is a form of energy[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of form of energy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,401 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: mechanical energy[3], scalar quantity[4], physical quantity[5]
  • Commons category: Kinetic energy[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kinetic energy[7]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8], ISO 80000-4:2006 Quantities and units—Part 4: Mechanics[9], ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11]
  • Has effect: potential energy[12]
  • Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0020351[13]
  • Different from: Kenetik[14]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_2000017[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[17]
  • Recommended unit of measurement: joule[18], kilogram square metre per square second[19]
  • P14541: 3O20Jn[20], 33tN8G[21]

Why It Matters

kinetic energy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q141572184. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . 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. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Environment ontology id: 2000017, Moving to Q141738006"
  2. 15d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 102
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca',
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0020351
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0020351"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3O20Jn, 33tN8G
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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