Home › Entities › general › lens flare

lens flare

image artifact produced by scattered or flared light within a lens system
Thing general Q105821893
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

lens flare

Summary

lens flare ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lens flare is a type of optical aberration[2].
  • lens flare is part of science of photography[3].
  • lens flare is part of optics[4].
  • lens flare's Commons category is recorded as Lens flares[5].
  • lens flare's different from is recorded as flare[6].
  • lens flare's different from is recorded as halation[7].

Body

Definition and Type

lens flare is a type of optical aberration[2].

Use and Application

Part of include science of photography[3], an applied science[8] and optics[4], a branch of physics[9].

Why It Matters

lens flare ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). lens flare. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lens-flare
MLA “lens flare.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lens-flare.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lens-flare_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lens flare}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lens-flare}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): lens flare — https://4ort.xyz/entity/lens-flare (retrieved 2026-04-11)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/lens-flare · Last refreshed:

Edit History

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. 4d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → optical aberration
    Part of → —
    Imdb keyword → lens-flare
    Part of → science of photography, optics
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11924]]: lens-flare, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/193889014|lens flare (#193889014)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6965|Top 10,000 IMDb k"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.