temperature

physical property of matter that quantitatively expresses the common notions of hot and cold
Thing state_function Q11466
temperature
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temperature

Summary

temperature is a state function[1]. temperature draws 17,294 Wikipedia views per month (state_function category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • temperature's instance of is recorded as state function[3].
  • temperature is a type of scalar quantity[4].
  • temperature is a type of intensive quantity[5].
  • temperature is a type of Q141256417[6].
  • temperature is a type of thermal property[7].
  • temperature's Commons category is recorded as Temperature[8].
  • temperature's quantity symbol is recorded as T[9].
  • temperature's quantity symbol is recorded as Θ[10].
  • temperature's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Temperature[11].
  • temperature's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/temperature[12].
  • temperature's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2076[13].
  • temperature's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5067[14].
  • temperature's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7767[15].
  • temperature's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/quality/Temperature[16].
  • temperature's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TXPO_0002417[17].
  • temperature's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C25206[18].
  • temperature's different from is recorded as temperature difference[19].
  • temperature's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[20].
  • temperature's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[21].
  • temperature's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

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Definition and Type

temperature's instance of is recorded as state function[3]. Recorded subclass of include scalar quantity[4], intensive quantity[5], Q141256417[6], and thermal property[7].

Why It Matters

temperature draws 17,294 Wikipedia views per month (state_function category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] temperature has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] temperature is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/quality/Temperature, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TXPO_0002417
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000146"
  2. 16d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/quality/Temperature, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TXPO_0002417
    Subclass of → scalar quantity, intensive quantity, Q141256417 +1
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q65939908]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q141368365]] → [[Q65939908]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q141368365_Q6"
  3. 25d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000441
    Subclass of → scalar quantity, intensive quantity, Q141256417 +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  4. 26d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → scalar quantity, intensive quantity, Q141256417 +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141187343]], Moving to [[Q141368365]]"
  5. 28d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/quality/Temperature, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TXPO_0002417
    Subclass of → scalar quantity, intensive quantity, Q141256417 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TXPO_0002417"
  6. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → scalar quantity, intensive quantity, Q141256417 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141187343]]"
  7. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/quality/Temperature, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TXPO_0002417
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/quality/Temperature"
  8. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → temperature
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: temperature, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961770|temperature (#289961770)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  9. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → jmfNH, 4XnjUu
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  10. 14w ago · Legonin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Larousse id → divers/wd/96431
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6058]]: divers/wd/96431"
  11. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → jmfNH, 4XnjUu
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) ([[Property:P14541]]) 2"
  12. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0221573-teplota
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0221573-teplota, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  13. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2100, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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