pleochroism

optical phenomenon in which a substance appears to be different colors when observed at different angles, especially with polarized light
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pleochroism

Summary

pleochroism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pleochroism's subclass of is recorded as optical phenomenon[2].
  • pleochroism's Commons category is recorded as Pleochroism[3].
  • pleochroism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gj_r[4].
  • pleochroism's PSH ID is recorded as 4778[5].
  • pleochroism's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0132673[6].
  • pleochroism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • pleochroism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • pleochroism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[9].
  • pleochroism's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/pleochroism[10].
  • pleochroism's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as dichroisme[11].
  • pleochroism's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as pleokroisme[12].
  • pleochroism's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 010776[13].
  • pleochroism's World of Physics ID is recorded as Pleochroism[14].
  • pleochroism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 113178238[15].
  • pleochroism's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 11512019-n[16].
  • pleochroism's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C113178238[17].
  • pleochroism's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as pleokhroizm-mineralov-e90a6c[18].
  • pleochroism's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as pleocroisme[19].

Why It Matters

pleochroism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[1] pleochroism has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] pleochroism is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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