photoelasticity

changes in the optical properties of a material under mechanical deformation
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photoelasticity

Summary

photoelasticity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • photoelasticity is credited with the discovery of David Brewster[2].
  • photoelasticity's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85101158[3].
  • photoelasticity's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119778664[4].
  • photoelasticity's subclass of is recorded as optical property[5].
  • photoelasticity's subclass of is recorded as elasticity[6].
  • photoelasticity's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566097[7].
  • photoelasticity's part of is recorded as optics[8].
  • photoelasticity's part of is recorded as construction theory[9].
  • photoelasticity's part of is recorded as nondestructive testing[10].
  • photoelasticity's Commons category is recorded as Photoelasticity[11].
  • photoelasticity's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 33219[12].
  • photoelasticity's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1815-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • photoelasticity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058nmp[14].
  • photoelasticity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0110049[15].
  • photoelasticity's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/photoelasticity[16].
  • photoelasticity's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12lqj2pwv[17].
  • photoelasticity's Quora topic ID is recorded as Photoelasticity[18].
  • photoelasticity's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as photoelasticity[19].
  • photoelasticity's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as fotoelastisitet[20].
  • photoelasticity's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "Photoelasticity"][21].
  • photoelasticity's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 32209669[22].
  • photoelasticity's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007543515405171[23].
  • photoelasticity's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C32209669[24].
  • photoelasticity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as fotoelasticitat[25].
  • photoelasticity's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/31b04115-1952-4db1-bde1-2f598061f641[26].

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Works and Contributions

photoelasticity is credited with the discovery of David Brewster[2].

Why It Matters

photoelasticity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[1] photoelasticity has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] photoelasticity is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_photoelasticity_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{photoelasticity}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/photoelasticity}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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