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magnetic field

Summary

magnetic field ranks in the top 0.78% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,652 views/month, #610 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • magnetic field is a type of field[2].
  • magnetic field is part of electromagnetic wave[3].
  • magnetic field's Commons category is recorded as Magnetic fields[4].
  • magnetic field's has cause is recorded as electricity[5].
  • magnetic field's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • magnetic field's has characteristic is recorded as magnetism[7].
  • magnetic field's has characteristic is recorded as magnetic flux density[8].
  • magnetic field's has characteristic is recorded as magnetic field strength[9].
  • magnetic field's different from is recorded as Les Champs Magnétiques[10].
  • magnetic field's different from is recorded as field[11].
  • magnetic field's exact match is recorded as https://w3id.org/sstim/exposure#mediumAppliedMagneticField[12].
  • magnetic field's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[13].
  • magnetic field's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • magnetic field's P14541 is recorded as 31xuVD[15].

Body

Definition and Type

magnetic field is a type of field[2].

Use and Application

magnetic field is part of electromagnetic wave[3].

Influence

Things named for magnetic field include Magion[16], a model series[17], in Czechoslovakia[18].

Why It Matters

magnetic field ranks in the top 0.78% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,652 views/month, #610 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for it include Magion[16], a model series[17], in Czechoslovakia[18].

Related Entities

John Henry Poynting Magion Pieter Zeeman

References

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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.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 4w ago · Rfabbri · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → https://w3id.org/sstim/exposure#mediumAppliedMagneticField
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2888]]: https://w3id.org/sstim/exposure#mediumAppliedMagneticField, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788732538716"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 31xuVD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006729-magneticke-pole
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006729-magneticke-pole, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → electricity
    Aliases → —
    Has characteristic → magnetism, magnetic flux density, magnetic field strength
    Subclass of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19032, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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