optical instrument

instrument using light waves for image viewing
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optical instrument
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optical instrument

Summary

optical instrument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • optical instrument's field of work was optics[2].
  • optical instrument is a type of optical system[3].
  • optical instrument is a type of camera and optics product[4].
  • optical instrument's Commons category is recorded as Optical devices[5].
  • optical instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Optical instruments[6].
  • optical instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Optical devices[7].
  • optical instrument's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • optical instrument's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • optical instrument's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • optical instrument's different from is recorded as optical component[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include optical system[3] and camera and optics product[4].

Why It Matters

optical instrument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_optical-instrument_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{optical instrument}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/optical-instrument}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from optical component
    Aliases
    Subclass of optical system, camera and optics product
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    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3023, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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