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thermoplastic

plastic that becomes soft when heated and hard when cooled
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thermoplastic

Summary

thermoplastic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • thermoplastic is made of polymer[2].
  • thermoplastic is a type of plastic[3].
  • thermoplastic's Commons category is recorded as Thermoplastic[4].
  • thermoplastic is the opposite of thermosetting polymer[5].
  • thermoplastic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thermoplastics[6].

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Definition and Type

thermoplastic is a type of plastic[3]. thermoplastic is the opposite of thermosetting polymer[5].

Why It Matters

thermoplastic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (301 views/month).[1] thermoplastic has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] thermoplastic is known by 52 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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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → plastic
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Thermoplastics
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4984, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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