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light scattering

physical processes where moving particles or radiation (e.g. light or sound), deviate from a straight trajectory by localized non-uniformities
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light scattering

Summary

light scattering ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • light scattering's image is recorded as Diffuse reflection.svg[2].
  • light scattering's GND ID is recorded as 4167602-6[3].
  • light scattering's subclass of is recorded as scattering[4].
  • light scattering's subclass of is recorded as optical phenomenon[5].
  • light scattering's Commons category is recorded as Light scattering[6].
  • light scattering's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06ztsgl[7].
  • light scattering's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph138409[8].
  • light scattering's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Light scattering[9].
  • light scattering's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[10].
  • light scattering's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000176862[11].
  • light scattering's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120nf7mx[12].
  • light scattering's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3494528[13].
  • light scattering's Quora topic ID is recorded as Light-Scattering[14].
  • light scattering's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as light-scattering[15].
  • light scattering's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as lysspredning[16].
  • light scattering's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as L03525[17].
  • light scattering's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 120456961[18].
  • light scattering's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007529354205171[19].
  • light scattering's IEV number is recorded as 845-24-049[20].
  • light scattering's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/55937296-ec47-4d42-ad1a-92f19df4564b[21].

Why It Matters

light scattering ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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  6. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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