Atwood number

Summary

Atwood number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• George Atwood is named after Atwood number^[2].
• Atwood number's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless number in fluid mechanics^[3].
• Atwood number's subclass of is recorded as criterion of similarity^[4].
• Atwood number's subclass of is recorded as characteristic number^[5].
• Atwood number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hp9_s^[6].
• Atwood number's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers^[7].
• Atwood number's defining formula is recorded as \mathit{At} = \frac{\rho_1 - \rho_2} {\rho_1 + \rho_2}^[8].
• Atwood number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1^[9].
• Atwood number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[10].
• Atwood number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics^[11].
• Atwood number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 167725905^[12].
• Atwood number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{At}^[13].
• Atwood number's in defining formula is recorded as \rho_1^[14].
• Atwood number's in defining formula is recorded as \rho_2^[15].
• Atwood number's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as AtwoodNumber^[16].
• Atwood number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{At}^[17].
• Atwood number's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as 1^[18].
• Atwood number's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 194358^[19].

Why It Matters

Atwood number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20]