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photometry

science of the measurement of light in terms of perceived brightness
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photometry

Summary

photometry is an academic discipline[1]. photometry draws 89 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #237 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • photometry's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • photometry is a type of measurement[4].
  • photometry is a type of optics[5].
  • photometry's Commons category is recorded as Photometry[6].
  • photometry's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Photometry[7].
  • photometry's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • photometry's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • photometry's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].

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Definition and Type

photometry's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3]. Recorded subclass of include measurement[4] and optics[5].

Why It Matters

photometry draws 89 Wikipedia views per month (academic_discipline category, ranking #237 of 1,010).[2] photometry has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] photometry is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Brian D. Warner Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander photometry Pierre Bouguer

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → measurement, optics
    Instance of → academic discipline
    Topic's main category → Category:Photometry
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18227, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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