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thermal

column of rising air in the lower altitudes of Earth's atmosphere
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thermal

Summary

thermal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (469 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • thermal is a type of convection[2].
  • thermal is a type of vertical draft[3].
  • thermal is part of atmosphere of Earth[4].
  • thermal's Commons category is recorded as Thermal column[5].
  • thermal's sport is recorded as gliding[6].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include convection[2] and vertical draft[3].

Use and Application

thermal is part of atmosphere of Earth[4].

Why It Matters

thermal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (469 views/month).[1] thermal has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] thermal is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). thermal. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/thermal-q752823
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_thermal-q752823_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{thermal}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/thermal-q752823}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Sport → gliding
    Part of → atmosphere of Earth
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007566314505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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