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petroleum jelly

chemical substance used as lubricating agent
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Summary

petroleum jelly is a gel[1]. It draws 8,774 Wikipedia views per month (gel category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: mixture[3]
  • Has use: lubricant[4], ointment[5], moisturizer[6], Icky-pick[7]
  • Commons category: Petroleum jelly[8]
  • Said to be the same as: vaseline[9]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10], Otto's encyclopedia[11], New International Encyclopedia[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
  • Different from: vaseline[14]
  • Has part(s) of the class: higher alkanes[15]
  • Subject has role: demulcent[16], ointment bases[17]

Why It Matters

petroleum jelly has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

gel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_petroleum-jelly_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{petroleum jelly}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/petroleum-jelly}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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  1. 14w ago · ~2026-38713-86 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kbpedia id → PetroleumJelly
    Commons category → Petroleum jelly
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → —
    Freebase id → /m/01nxyd
    + 74 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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