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Langmuir circulation

series of shallow, slow, counter-rotating vortices at the ocean's surface aligned with the wind
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Langmuir circulation

Summary

Langmuir circulation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Irving Langmuir is named after Langmuir circulation[2].
  • Langmuir circulation's subclass of is recorded as Q2583515[3].
  • Langmuir circulation's Commons category is recorded as Langmuir circulation[4].
  • Langmuir circulation's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1938-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Langmuir circulation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cyy6q[6].
  • Langmuir circulation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Langmuir-circulation[7].
  • Langmuir circulation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 109534794[8].

Why It Matters

Langmuir circulation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

Irving Langmuir

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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