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evanescent wave

oscillating electric and/or magnetic field that does not propagate as an electromagnetic wave but whose energy is spatially concentrated in the vicinity of the source
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evanescent wave

Summary

evanescent wave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • evanescent wave's subclass of is recorded as magnetic field[2].
  • evanescent wave's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01n3tt[3].
  • evanescent wave's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as ondes-evanescentes[4].
  • evanescent wave's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as evanescent-waves[5].
  • evanescent wave's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 89953854[6].
  • evanescent wave's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C89953854[7].
  • evanescent wave's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2984336848[8].

Why It Matters

evanescent wave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). evanescent wave. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/evanescent-wave
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_evanescent-wave_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{evanescent wave}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/evanescent-wave}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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