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longitudinal wave

waves in which the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as, or the opposite direction to, the direction of propagation of the wave
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longitudinal wave

Summary

longitudinal wave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • longitudinal wave's video is recorded as Onde compression impulsion 1d 30 petit.gif[2].
  • longitudinal wave's GND ID is recorded as 4168152-6[3].
  • longitudinal wave's subclass of is recorded as progressive wave[4].
  • longitudinal wave's Commons category is recorded as Longitudinal wave[5].
  • longitudinal wave's opposite of is recorded as transverse wave[6].
  • longitudinal wave's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012d4j[7].
  • longitudinal wave's PSH ID is recorded as 3124[8].
  • longitudinal wave's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/longitudinal-wave[9].
  • longitudinal wave's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/L-wave[10].
  • longitudinal wave's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as longitudinal-waves[11].
  • longitudinal wave's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 033487[12].
  • longitudinal wave's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 143351421[13].
  • longitudinal wave's IEV number is recorded as 103-10-07[14].
  • longitudinal wave's IEV number is recorded as 801-23-05[15].
  • longitudinal wave's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C143351421[16].
  • longitudinal wave's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2993942811[17].
  • longitudinal wave's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as earth-and-planetary-sciences/longitudinal-wave[18].
  • longitudinal wave's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as engineering/longitudinal-wave[19].
  • longitudinal wave's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as physics-and-astronomy/longitudinal-wave[20].
  • longitudinal wave's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as mathematics/longitudinal-wave[21].
  • longitudinal wave's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 127944[22].
  • longitudinal wave's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 219765[23].
  • longitudinal wave's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 57038[24].

Why It Matters

longitudinal wave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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