mechanical engineering

type of engineering discipline (not the studies)
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mechanical engineering

Summary

mechanical engineering is a branch of engineering[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of branch_of_engineering entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,145 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • mechanical engineering's instance of is recorded as branch of engineering[3].
  • mechanical engineering is a type of engineering[4].
  • mechanical engineering's Commons category is recorded as Mechanical engineering[5].
  • mechanical engineering's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12335235[6].
  • mechanical engineering's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12056592[7].
  • mechanical engineering's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mechanical engineering[8].
  • mechanical engineering's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9].
  • mechanical engineering's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • mechanical engineering's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • mechanical engineering's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://engineering.stackexchange.com/tags/mechanical-engineering[12].
  • mechanical engineering's different from is recorded as structural engineering[13].
  • mechanical engineering's different from is recorded as civil engineering[14].
  • mechanical engineering's different from is recorded as design engineering[15].
  • mechanical engineering's different from is recorded as manufacture of machinery and equipment[16].
  • mechanical engineering's different from is recorded as mechanical engineering studies[17].
  • mechanical engineering's different from is recorded as Engineering Mechanics[18].
  • mechanical engineering's different from is recorded as machine industry[19].
  • mechanical engineering's has list is recorded as Glossary of mechanical engineering[20].
  • mechanical engineering's studied by is recorded as mechanical engineering studies[21].
  • mechanical engineering's practiced by is recorded as mechanical engineer[22].
  • mechanical engineering's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • mechanical engineering's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mechanics[24].
  • mechanical engineering's P10203 is recorded as 2210[25].

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Definition and Type

mechanical engineering's instance of is recorded as branch of engineering[3]. It is a type of engineering[4].

Why It Matters

mechanical engineering ranks in the top 2% of branch_of_engineering entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,145 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as Q12335235, Q12056592
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Mechanical engineering
    Has list Glossary of mechanical engineering
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20255, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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