surface finish

small, local deviations of a surface from a perfectly flat ideal; defined by the three characteristics of lay, surface roughness, and waviness
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surface finish

Summary

surface finish ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • surface finish's image is recorded as Old wood texture.jpg[2].
  • surface finish's image is recorded as Jeansfabric (cropped).jpg[3].
  • surface finish's subclass of is recorded as quality[4].
  • surface finish's Commons category is recorded as Surface finish[5].
  • surface finish's said to be the same as is recorded as surface finish[6].
  • surface finish's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06zz_c[7].
  • surface finish's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300219406[8].
  • surface finish's different from is recorded as surface finish[9].
  • surface finish's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122z_tvj[10].
  • surface finish's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as surface-texture[11].
  • surface finish's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 71039073[12].
  • surface finish's MetaSat ID is recorded as surfaceFinish[13].
  • surface finish's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C71039073[14].
  • surface finish's characteristic of is recorded as physical surface[15].
  • surface finish's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/76c75fc0-cbbc-45fa-97d3-597c952464a6[16].

Why It Matters

surface finish ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). surface finish. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/surface-finish
MLA “surface finish.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/surface-finish.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_surface-finish_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{surface finish}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/surface-finish}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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