mean free path
average distance travelled by a moving particle between successive impacts
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Summary
mean free path ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- mean free path's GND ID is recorded as 4170260-8[2].
- mean free path's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity[3].
- mean free path's subclass of is recorded as distance[4].
- mean free path's subclass of is recorded as path length[5].
- mean free path's Commons category is recorded as Mean free path[6].
- mean free path's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016t4p[7].
- mean free path's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-9:2019 Quantities and units — Part 9: Physical chemistry and molecular physics[8].
- mean free path's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[9].
- mean free path's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/mean-free-path[10].
- mean free path's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/mean-free-path[11].
- mean free path's different from is recorded as mean free path[12].
- mean free path's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[13].
- mean free path's Quora topic ID is recorded as Mean-Free-Path[14].
- mean free path's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as mean-free-path[15].
- mean free path's ISQ dimension is recorded as \mathsf{L}[16].
- mean free path's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as M03778[17].
- mean free path's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 168986899[18].
- mean free path's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as MeanFreePath[19].
- mean free path's quantity symbol is recorded as I[20].
- mean free path's quantity symbol is recorded as \lambda[21].
- mean free path's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as metre[22].
- mean free path's QUDT quantity kind ID is recorded as MeanFreePath[23].
- mean free path's IEV number is recorded as 113-06-37[24].
- mean free path's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C168986899[25].
- mean free path's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 115675[26].
Why It Matters
mean free path ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]