radiation

waves or particles propagating through space or through a medium, carrying energy
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radiation
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radiation

Summary

radiation is a physical phenomenon[1]. radiation ranks in the top 2% of physical_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,879 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • radiation's instance of is recorded as physical phenomenon[3].
  • radiation is a type of heat transfer[4].
  • radiation is a type of energy transfer process[5].
  • radiation is part of physics[6].
  • radiation's Commons category is recorded as Radiation[7].
  • radiation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Radiation[8].
  • radiation's topic has template is recorded as Template:Radiation[9].
  • radiation's studied by is recorded as physics[10].
  • radiation's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001023[11].
  • radiation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].
  • radiation's P10203 is recorded as 3108[13].

Body

Definition and Type

radiation's instance of is recorded as physical phenomenon[3]. Recorded subclass of include heat transfer[4] and energy transfer process[5].

Use and Application

radiation is part of physics[6].

Why It Matters

radiation ranks in the top 2% of physical_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,879 views/month).[2] radiation has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] radiation is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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