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static electricity

imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material
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static electricity

Summary

static electricity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,233 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • static electricity is a type of electricity[2].
  • static electricity's Commons category is recorded as Static electricity[3].
  • static electricity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Static electricity[4].
  • static electricity's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • static electricity's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • static electricity's studied by is recorded as electrostatics[7].

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Definition and Type

static electricity is a type of electricity[2].

Why It Matters

static electricity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,233 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → electrostatics
    Subclass of → electricity
    Topic's main category → Category:Static electricity
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5827, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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