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piezoelectricity

electric charge generated in certain solids due to mechanical stress
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Summary

piezoelectricity ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,057 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Pierre Curie[2], Jacques Curie[3]
  • Subclass of: electricity[4], physical phenomenon[5]
  • Commons category: Piezoelectricity[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Piezoelectric materials[7]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8]
  • Manifestation of: piezoelectricity[9]
  • Derivative work: crystal earpiece[10], quartz clock[11], piezoelectric speaker[12], Piezomikrofon[13]

Why It Matters

piezoelectricity has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] piezoelectricity is known by 128 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Pierre Curie

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0005695-piezoelektricky-jev', '0246826-piezoelektrina']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005695-piezoelektricky-jev, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → crystal earpiece, quartz clock, piezoelectric speaker +1
    Manifestation of → piezoelectricity
    Discoverer or inventor → Pierre Curie, Jacques Curie
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3486351
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007548576305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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