Rayleigh number

Summary

Rayleigh number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh is named after Rayleigh number^[2].
• Rayleigh number's GND ID is recorded as 4525342-0^[3].
• Rayleigh number's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless number in fluid mechanics^[4].
• Rayleigh number's subclass of is recorded as characteristic number^[5].
• Rayleigh number's subclass of is recorded as criterion of similarity^[6].
• Rayleigh number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g7jz^[7].
• Rayleigh number's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers^[8].
• Rayleigh number's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Rayleigh-number^[9].
• Rayleigh number's defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ra} = \frac{l^3 g \alpha_V \Delta T}{\nu \alpha}^[10].
• Rayleigh number's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics^[11].
• Rayleigh number's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3524084^[12].
• Rayleigh number's wurvoc.org measure ID is recorded as Rayleigh_number^[13].
• Rayleigh number's Quora topic ID is recorded as Rayleigh-Number^[14].
• Rayleigh number's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as rayleigh-number^[15].
• Rayleigh number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1^[16].
• Rayleigh number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[17].
• Rayleigh number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics^[18].
• Rayleigh number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 106836276^[19].
• Rayleigh number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ra}^[20].
• Rayleigh number's in defining formula is recorded as l^[21].
• Rayleigh number's in defining formula is recorded as g^[22].
• Rayleigh number's in defining formula is recorded as \alpha_V^[23].
• Rayleigh number's in defining formula is recorded as \Delta T^[24].
• Rayleigh number's in defining formula is recorded as \nu^[25].
• Rayleigh number's in defining formula is recorded as \alpha^[26].

Why It Matters

Rayleigh number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]