diffraction grating

optical system diffracting light into several components based on interference
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diffraction grating

Summary

diffraction grating ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,416 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • diffraction grating is a type of optical system[2].
  • diffraction grating is a type of optical component[3].
  • diffraction grating's Commons category is recorded as Diffraction gratings[4].
  • diffraction grating's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[5].
  • diffraction grating's different from is recorded as grating[6].
  • diffraction grating's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7].
  • diffraction grating's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].
  • diffraction grating's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 535.420284[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include optical system[2] and optical component[3].

Why It Matters

diffraction grating ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,416 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · 高晶 · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of optical system, optical component
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1252133]]"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0222650-opticke-difrakcni-mrizky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0222650-opticke-difrakcni-mrizky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 27d ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikiskripta article id 4722
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3471]]: 4722, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78315307|Optická mřížka (#78315307)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkripta]] #mix'n'm"
  4. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 1959660
    Subclass of
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Mathematics
    Aliases
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007552907305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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