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cavity magnetron

device for generating microwaves
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Summary

cavity magnetron ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,142 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: University of Birmingham[2]
  • Subclass of: vacuum tube[3]
  • Commons category: Magnetrons[4]
  • Start time: 1940[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Magnetrons[6]
  • Commons gallery: Magnetron[7]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

cavity magnetron has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Radar - A Report on Science at War. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Discoverer or inventor → University of Birmingham
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2152377
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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