physical quantity

quantitative characterization of an aspect of a physical entity, phenomenon, event, process, transformation, relation, system, or substance
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physical quantity

Summary

physical quantity is a general quantity[1]. It draws 753 Wikipedia views per month (general_quantity category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • physical quantity's instance of is recorded as general quantity[3].
  • physical quantity is a type of physical property[4].
  • physical quantity is a type of individual quantity[5].
  • physical quantity's Commons category is recorded as Physical quantities[6].
  • physical quantity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Physical quantities[7].
  • physical quantity's described at URL is recorded as https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/College_Physics/College_Physics_1e_(OpenStax)/01%3A_The_Nature_of_Science_and_Physics/1.02%3A_Physical_Quantities_and_Units[8].
  • physical quantity's described at URL is recorded as https://texasgateway.org/resource/13-language-physics-physical-quantities-and-units[9].
  • physical quantity's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox physical quantity[10].
  • physical quantity's has characteristic is recorded as quantity value[11].
  • physical quantity's has characteristic is recorded as quantity dimension[12].
  • physical quantity's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2575[13].
  • physical quantity's main Wikidata property is recorded as P111[14].
  • physical quantity's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7431[15].
  • physical quantity's different from is recorded as state of matter[16].
  • physical quantity's different from is recorded as physical property[17].
  • physical quantity's properties for this type is recorded as P416[18].
  • physical quantity's properties for this type is recorded as P4020[19].
  • physical quantity's has list is recorded as list of physical quantities[20].
  • physical quantity's studied by is recorded as physical science[21].
  • physical quantity's studied by is recorded as physics[22].
  • physical quantity's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[23].
  • physical quantity's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Definition and Type

physical quantity's instance of is recorded as general quantity[3]. Recorded subclass of include physical property[4] and individual quantity[5].

Why It Matters

physical quantity draws 753 Wikipedia views per month (general_quantity category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Defining 'kind of quantity'. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Physical quantities
    Has list list of physical quantities
    Has characteristic quantity value, quantity dimension
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4181, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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