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cavity magnetron

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cavity magnetron

Summary

cavity magnetron ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,851 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cavity magnetron is credited with the discovery of University of Birmingham[2].
  • cavity magnetron is a type of vacuum tube[3].
  • cavity magnetron's Commons category is recorded as Magnetrons[4].
  • cavity magnetron began on 1940[5].
  • cavity magnetron's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Magnetrons[6].
  • cavity magnetron's Commons gallery is recorded as Magnetron[7].
  • cavity magnetron's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • cavity magnetron's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[9].
  • cavity magnetron's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

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Definition and Type

cavity magnetron is a type of vacuum tube[3].

Why It Matters

cavity magnetron ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,851 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 13 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.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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. 7d 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)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543555205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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