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arrow of time

one-way direction, or asymmetry, of time
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arrow of time

Summary

arrow of time ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • arrow of time's subclass of is recorded as projection[2].
  • arrow of time's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rbj3[3].
  • arrow of time's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/arrow-of-time[4].
  • arrow of time's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[5].
  • arrow of time's PhilPapers topic is recorded as the-direction-of-time[6].
  • arrow of time's Quora topic ID is recorded as Arrow-of-Time-2[7].
  • arrow of time's Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as arrow-of-time[8].
  • arrow of time's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 14828074[9].
  • arrow of time's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-265119[10].
  • arrow of time's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C14828074[11].

Why It Matters

arrow of time ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (350 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Arthur Eddington thermodynamics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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