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metamaterial

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metamaterial

Summary

metamaterial ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (958 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • metamaterial is a type of material[2].
  • metamaterial is a type of composite material[3].
  • metamaterial's Commons category is recorded as Metamaterials[4].
  • metamaterial's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metamaterials[5].
  • metamaterial's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/metamaterials[6].
  • metamaterial's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7].
  • metamaterial's model item is recorded as photonic metamaterial[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include material[2] and composite material[3].

Why It Matters

metamaterial ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (958 views/month).[1] metamaterial has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] metamaterial is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category → Category:Metamaterials
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28902, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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