infrared radiation

electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light
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infrared radiation

Summary

infrared radiation is a scientific theory[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of scientific_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,088 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • infrared radiation is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • infrared radiation's image is recorded as Ir girl.png[4].
  • infrared radiation's instance of is recorded as scientific theory[5].
  • infrared radiation's follows is recorded as visible spectrum[6].
  • infrared radiation's followed by is recorded as radio wave[7].
  • infrared radiation's GND ID is recorded as 4161686-8[8].
  • infrared radiation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85066322[9].
  • infrared radiation's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11948695s[10].
  • infrared radiation's subclass of is recorded as electromagnetic radiation[11].
  • infrared radiation's subclass of is recorded as radiation[12].
  • infrared radiation's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00570566[13].
  • infrared radiation's part of is recorded as electromagnetic spectrum[14].
  • infrared radiation's Commons category is recorded as Infrared[15].
  • infrared radiation's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Tahmid-অবলোহিত বিকিরণ.wav[16].
  • infrared radiation's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007259[17].
  • infrared radiation's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 22505[18].
  • infrared radiation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wbm[19].
  • infrared radiation's MeSH tree code is recorded as G01.358.500.505.650.552[20].
  • infrared radiation's MeSH tree code is recorded as G01.590.540.552[21].
  • infrared radiation's MeSH tree code is recorded as G01.750.250.650.552[22].
  • infrared radiation's MeSH tree code is recorded as G01.750.770.578.552[23].
  • infrared radiation's MeSH tree code is recorded as G16.500.275.063.725.525.400[24].
  • infrared radiation's MeSH tree code is recorded as G16.500.750.775.525.400[25].
  • infrared radiation's MeSH tree code is recorded as N06.230.300.100.725.525.400[26].
  • infrared radiation's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph456984[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

infrared radiation is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3]. Things named for it include infrared sauna[28] and GNSS-IR Analysis Software[29], a software[30].

Why It Matters

infrared radiation ranks in the top 3% of scientific_theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,088 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include infrared sauna[28] and GNSS-IR Analysis Software[29], a software[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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