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terpene

any unsaturated hydrocarbon with structure that is a result of the assembling of five-carbon isoprene units
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terpene

Summary

terpene is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. terpene ranks in the top 3% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,818 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • terpene's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • terpene is a type of biomolecule[4].
  • terpene is a type of isoprenoid[5].
  • terpene is a type of biogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon[6].
  • terpene is part of terpene biosynthetic process[7].
  • terpene is part of terpene catabolic process[8].
  • terpene is part of terpene metabolic process[9].
  • terpene's Commons category is recorded as Terpenes[10].
  • terpene's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Terpenes[11].
  • terpene's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • terpene's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • terpene's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • terpene's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[15].
  • terpene's different from is recorded as terpenoids[16].
  • terpene's different from is recorded as isoprenoid[17].

Why It Matters

terpene ranks in the top 3% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,818 views/month).[2] terpene has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] terpene is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. 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.

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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  1. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Terpenes
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +1
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12115, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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