mass

Summary

mass is a kind of quantity^[1]. mass ranks in the top 9% of kind_of_quantity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,470 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• mass's instance of is recorded as kind of quantity^[3].
• mass's instance of is recorded as ISQ base quantity^[4].
• mass is a type of extensive quantity^[5].
• mass is a type of physical quantity^[6].
• mass is a type of scalar quantity^[7].
• mass is a type of additive quantity^[8].
• mass's Commons category is recorded as Mass (physical property)^[9].
• mass's quantity symbol is recorded as M^[10].
• mass's quantity symbol is recorded as m^[11].
• mass's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mass^[12].
• mass's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-4:2006 Quantities and units—Part 4: Mechanics^[13].
• mass's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-4:2019 Quantities and units — Part 4: Mechanics^[14].
• mass's described by source is recorded as SI Brochure (9th edition): Concise summary^[15].
• mass's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• mass's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• mass's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• mass's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[19].
• mass's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[20].
• mass's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[21].
• mass's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/mass^[22].
• mass's has effect is recorded as force^[23].
• mass's has characteristic is recorded as inertia^[24].
• mass's has characteristic is recorded as energy^[25].
• mass's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2067^[26].
• mass's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Mass^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include kind of quantity^[3] and ISQ base quantity^[4]. Recorded subclass of include extensive quantity^[5], physical quantity^[6], scalar quantity^[7], and additive quantity^[8].

Why It Matters

mass ranks in the top 9% of kind_of_quantity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,470 views/month).^[2] mass has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] mass is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]