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equation of time

apparent solar time minus mean solar time
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equation of time

Summary

equation of time is a difference[1]. It draws 415 Wikipedia views per month (difference category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • equation of time's image is recorded as Equation of time.svg[3].
  • equation of time's instance of is recorded as difference[4].
  • equation of time's Commons category is recorded as Equation of time (sundials)[5].
  • equation of time's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028mfw[6].
  • equation of time's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0179847[7].
  • equation of time's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • equation of time's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • equation of time's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • equation of time's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/equation-of-time[11].
  • equation of time's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4700423[12].
  • equation of time's Quora topic ID is recorded as Equation-of-Time[13].
  • equation of time's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as tidsjevning[14].
  • equation of time's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 98834579[15].
  • equation of time's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 183355[16].
  • equation of time's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as equacio-del-temps[17].

Why It Matters

equation of time draws 415 Wikipedia views per month (difference category, ranking #2 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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