power factor
ratio of active power to apparent power in an AC electrical system
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Summary
power factor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- power factor's GND ID is recorded as 4167276-8[2].
- power factor's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85041886[3].
- power factor's subclass of is recorded as index number[4].
- power factor's subclass of is recorded as power ratio[5].
- power factor's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 43741[6].
- power factor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bdwm[7].
- power factor's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 621.31[8].
- power factor's facet of is recorded as alternating current[9].
- power factor's facet of is recorded as AC power[10].
- power factor's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-6:2008 Quantities and units—Part 6: Electromagnetism[11].
- power factor's described by source is recorded as IEC 80000-6:2022 Quantities and units — Part 6: Electromagnetism[12].
- power factor's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/power-factor[13].
- power factor's defining formula is recorded as \lambda = \frac{P}{S}[14].
- power factor's studied by is recorded as power engineering[15].
- power factor's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[16].
- power factor's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[17].
- power factor's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 64424096[18].
- power factor's in defining formula is recorded as \lambda[19].
- power factor's in defining formula is recorded as P[20].
- power factor's in defining formula is recorded as S[21].
- power factor's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as PowerFactor[22].
- power factor's quantity symbol is recorded as \lambda[23].
- power factor's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as 1[24].
- power factor's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007535929405171[25].
- power factor's QUDT quantity kind ID is recorded as PowerFactor[26].
Why It Matters
power factor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]