Coefficient of friction

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Coefficient of friction

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Coefficient of friction - dimensionless scalar value which describes the ratio of the force of friction between two bodies and the force pressing them together; depends on the materials used, ranges from near zero to greater than one. Article “Coefficient of friction” in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in Croatian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is German.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 140th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
The 4593rd most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.
Achievements in the last month:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 1008th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Since the creation of article “Coefficient of friction”, its content was written by 37 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (4593rd place) and edited by 344 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 517 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #88 in April 2017
  • Global: #51527 in June 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #29 in October 2016
  • Global: #23308 in November 2018

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Croatian (hr)
Koeficijent trenja
47.5164
2German (de)
Reibungskoeffizient
29.8295
3Estonian (et)
Hõõrdetegur
24.7907
4Catalan (ca)
Coeficient de fricció
24.1698
5Ukrainian (uk)
Коефіцієнт тертя
13.851
6Polish (pl)
Współczynnik tarcia
12.6125
7French (fr)
Coefficient de frottement
7.8884
8Swedish (sv)
Friktionskoefficient
7.7964
9Portuguese (pt)
Coeficiente de atrito
7.2726
10Spanish (es)
Coeficiente de rozamiento
4.9518
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Coefficient of friction" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Reibungskoeffizient
2 417 439
2Spanish (es)
Coeficiente de rozamiento
1 840 620
3Simple English (simple)
Coefficient of friction
1 090 416
4Polish (pl)
Współczynnik tarcia
667 558
5Dutch (nl)
Wrijvingscoëfficiënt
383 579
6Ukrainian (uk)
Коефіцієнт тертя
354 874
7Chinese (zh)
摩擦系数
328 905
8French (fr)
Coefficient de frottement
308 376
9Portuguese (pt)
Coeficiente de atrito
203 180
10Swedish (sv)
Friktionskoefficient
192 587
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Coefficient of friction" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Reibungskoeffizient
3 508
2Simple English (simple)
Coefficient of friction
2 962
3Spanish (es)
Coeficiente de rozamiento
1 157
4French (fr)
Coefficient de frottement
997
5Polish (pl)
Współczynnik tarcia
980
6Chinese (zh)
摩擦系数
980
7Dutch (nl)
Wrijvingscoëfficiënt
328
8Portuguese (pt)
Coeficiente de atrito
167
9Croatian (hr)
Koeficijent trenja
141
10Swedish (sv)
Friktionskoefficient
135
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Coefficient of friction" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Reibungskoeffizient
130
2Spanish (es)
Coeficiente de rozamiento
42
3Dutch (nl)
Wrijvingscoëfficiënt
37
4Simple English (simple)
Coefficient of friction
37
5Polish (pl)
Współczynnik tarcia
24
6French (fr)
Coefficient de frottement
15
7Chinese (zh)
摩擦系数
13
8Ukrainian (uk)
Коефіцієнт тертя
12
9Swedish (sv)
Friktionskoefficient
11
10Catalan (ca)
Coeficient de fricció
9
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Coefficient of friction" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Coeficient de fricció
0
2German (de)
Reibungskoeffizient
0
3Esperanto (eo)
Frotkoeficiento
0
4Spanish (es)
Coeficiente de rozamiento
0
5Estonian (et)
Hõõrdetegur
0
6Basque (eu)
Marruskadura koefiziente
0
7French (fr)
Coefficient de frottement
0
8Croatian (hr)
Koeficijent trenja
0
9Dutch (nl)
Wrijvingscoëfficiënt
0
10Polish (pl)
Współczynnik tarcia
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Coefficient of friction" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Reibungskoeffizient
161
2Ukrainian (uk)
Коефіцієнт тертя
65
3French (fr)
Coefficient de frottement
59
4Spanish (es)
Coeficiente de rozamiento
58
5Chinese (zh)
摩擦系数
38
6Dutch (nl)
Wrijvingscoëfficiënt
34
7Catalan (ca)
Coeficient de fricció
26
8Polish (pl)
Współczynnik tarcia
20
9Swedish (sv)
Friktionskoefficient
13
10Croatian (hr)
Koeficijent trenja
11
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Coeficient de fricció
deGerman
Reibungskoeffizient
eoEsperanto
Frotkoeficiento
esSpanish
Coeficiente de rozamiento
etEstonian
Hõõrdetegur
euBasque
Marruskadura koefiziente
frFrench
Coefficient de frottement
hrCroatian
Koeficijent trenja
nlDutch
Wrijvingscoëfficiënt
plPolish
Współczynnik tarcia
ptPortuguese
Coeficiente de atrito
simpleSimple English
Coefficient of friction
svSwedish
Friktionskoefficient
ukUkrainian
Коефіцієнт тертя
zhChinese
摩擦系数

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#29
10.2016
Global:
#23308
11.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#88
04.2017
Global:
#51527
06.2005

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Coefficient of friction from Wikipedia articles about Friction, Rolling resistance, Stiction, Friction oscillator and Polytetrafluoroethylene. Whereas reading the article about Coefficient of friction people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Friction, Μ/μ, Stiction, Rolling resistance and Tribology.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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