meniscus

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meniscus

Summary

meniscus ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (229 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • meniscus's image is recorded as Reading the meniscus.svg[2].
  • meniscus's GND ID is recorded as 4617496-5[3].
  • meniscus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85083577[4].
  • meniscus's subclass of is recorded as phase boundary[5].
  • meniscus's Commons category is recorded as Meniscus (liquid)[6].
  • meniscus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01h5lg[7].
  • meniscus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • meniscus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[9].
  • meniscus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • meniscus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/meniscus-liquids[11].
  • meniscus's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2204533[12].
  • meniscus's Treccani ID is recorded as menisco[13].
  • meniscus's Open Library subject ID is recorded as meniscus_(liquids)[14].
  • meniscus's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as menisk_-_fysikk[15].
  • meniscus's Treccani Vocabulary ID is recorded as menisco[16].
  • meniscus's De Agostini ID is recorded as menisco[17].
  • meniscus's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03751203-n[18].
  • meniscus's Treccani's Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID is recorded as menisco[19].
  • meniscus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/9a4816dc-4c4a-4e7f-ad13-f991e551e504[20].

Why It Matters

meniscus ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (229 views/month).[1] meniscus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] meniscus is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). meniscus. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/meniscus-q898732
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_meniscus-q898732_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{meniscus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/meniscus-q898732}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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