matter

substance that has rest mass and volume
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matter

Summary

matter ranks in the top 0.054% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,414 views/month, #42 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • matter is a type of physical substance[2].
  • matter is a type of Q141158787[3].
  • matter is part of observable universe[4].
  • matter's Commons category is recorded as Matter[5].
  • matter is the opposite of non-material physical substance[6].
  • matter comprises quark or lepton[7].
  • matter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Matter[8].
  • matter's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • matter's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • matter's partially coincident with is recorded as Dravya[11].
  • matter's has characteristic is recorded as mass[12].
  • matter's has characteristic is recorded as mass density[13].
  • matter's has characteristic is recorded as temperature[14].
  • matter's has characteristic is recorded as state of matter[15].
  • matter's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.allotrope.org/ontologies/material#AFM_0000275[16].
  • matter's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_5b2222df_4da6_442f_8244_96e9e45887d1[17].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Madde[18].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Mata[19].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Hmota[20].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Aine[21].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Materia[22].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Stof[23].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Materie[24].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Matière[25].
  • matter's different from is recorded as Materio[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical substance[2] and Q141158787[3]. matter is the opposite of non-material physical substance[6].

Use and Application

matter comprises quark or lepton[7]. matter is part of observable universe[4].

Why It Matters

matter ranks in the top 0.054% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,414 views/month, #42 of 77,819).[1] matter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] matter is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 2001: A Spacetime Odyssey (Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics Michigan, USA, 21 – 25 May 2001). books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Q141142957. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Q141668297. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . 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. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 159
    Equivalent class → http://purl.allotrope.org/ontologies/material#AFM_0000275, https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_5b2222df_4da6_442f_8244_96e9e4588
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'ast', 'azb', 'bcl', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'blk', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_5b2222df_4da6_442f_8244_96e9e45887d1"
  2. 27d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → physical substance, Q141158787
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141158787]]"
  3. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.allotrope.org/ontologies/material#AFM_0000275, https://w3id.org/emmo#EMMO_5b2222df_4da6_442f_8244_96e9e4588
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.allotrope.org/ontologies/material#AFM_0000275"
  4. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → matter
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: matter, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289942878|matter (#289942878)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000196-hmota
    Studied by → physics
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000196-hmota, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1433, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  7. 22w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → mass, mass density, temperature +1
    Subclass of → —
    Union of → list of values as qualifiers
    Part of → observable universe
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P10283]]: C2993438527, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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