torsion

twisting of an object due to an applied torque
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torsion

Summary

torsion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • torsion's subclass of is recorded as deformation[2].
  • torsion's Commons category is recorded as Torsion[3].
  • torsion's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D054159[4].
  • torsion's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 40864[5].
  • torsion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08mgfr[6].
  • torsion's MeSH tree code is recorded as G01.374.860[7].
  • torsion's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • torsion's described by source is recorded as History of strength of materials : with a brief account of the history of theory of elasticity and theory of structures[9].
  • torsion's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[10].
  • torsion's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[11].
  • torsion's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • torsion's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/torsion-physics[13].
  • torsion's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0563541[14].
  • torsion's NE.se ID is recorded as torsion-(zoologi)[15].
  • torsion's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as torsjon[16].
  • torsion's World of Physics ID is recorded as Torsion[17].
  • torsion's Store medisinske leksikon ID is recorded as vridning[18].
  • torsion's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 34349720[19].
  • torsion's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 13908063-n[20].
  • torsion's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 131833[21].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for torsion include At-Takwir[22], a surah[23].

Why It Matters

torsion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[1] torsion has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] torsion is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for torsion include At-Takwir[22], a surah[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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