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right-hand rule

common mnemonic for understanding orientation of axes in three-dimensional space
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right-hand rule

Summary

right-hand rule is a mnemonic[1]. It draws 935 Wikipedia views per month (mnemonic category, ranking #4 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • right-hand rule's image is recorded as Rechte-hand-regel.jpg[3].
  • right-hand rule's image is recorded as Manoderecha.svg[4].
  • right-hand rule's instance of is recorded as mnemonic[5].
  • right-hand rule's instance of is recorded as mathematical convention[6].
  • right-hand rule's Commons category is recorded as Right-hand rule[7].
  • right-hand rule's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gbjf[8].
  • right-hand rule's main subject is recorded as three-dimensional space[9].
  • right-hand rule's represents is recorded as convention[10].
  • right-hand rule's facet of is recorded as electromagnetism[11].
  • right-hand rule's facet of is recorded as cross product[12].
  • right-hand rule's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0027192[13].
  • right-hand rule's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[14].
  • right-hand rule's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/right-hand-rule-electromagnetism[15].
  • right-hand rule's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/right-hand-rule-vectors[16].
  • right-hand rule's different from is recorded as right-hand grip rule[17].
  • right-hand rule's uses is recorded as right hand[18].
  • right-hand rule's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12226v52[19].
  • right-hand rule's MathWorld ID is recorded as Right-HandRule[20].
  • right-hand rule's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1888712[21].
  • right-hand rule's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as right-hand-rule[22].
  • right-hand rule's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as høyrehåndsregelen[23].
  • right-hand rule's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[24].
  • right-hand rule's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 49670314[25].
  • right-hand rule's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3868875[26].
  • right-hand rule's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as regles-de-fleming[27].

Why It Matters

right-hand rule draws 935 Wikipedia views per month (mnemonic category, ranking #4 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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