metal

Summary

metal ranks in the top 0.83% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,231 views/month, #647 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• metal is a type of material^[2].
• metal is a type of malleable material^[3].
• metal is a type of alloy^[4].
• metal is a type of inorganic matter^[5].
• metal's Commons category is recorded as Metals^[6].
• metal comprises transition metal^[7].
• metal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metals^[8].
• metal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• metal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• metal's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• metal's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[12].
• metal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• metal's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[14].
• metal's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[15].
• metal's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/tags/metal^[16].
• metal's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/metals^[17].
• metal's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://engineering.stackexchange.com/tags/metals^[18].
• metal's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/tags/metal^[19].
• metal's has characteristic is recorded as metallic lustre^[20].
• metal's different from is recorded as metal^[21].
• metal's different from is recorded as metal element^[22].
• metal's different from is recorded as metal music^[23].
• metal's different from is recorded as metallicity^[24].
• metal's properties for this type is recorded as P922^[25].
• metal's MCN code is recorded as 7109.00.00^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include material^[2], malleable material^[3], alloy^[4], and inorganic matter^[5].

Use and Application

metal comprises transition metal^[7].

Influence

Things named for metal include Metal^[27], an element in Chinese astrology^[28].

Why It Matters

metal ranks in the top 0.83% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,231 views/month, #647 of 77,819).^[1] metal has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] metal is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for metal include Metal^[27], an element in Chinese astrology^[28].