sound

vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave
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sound

Summary

sound ranks in the top 0.34% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,462 views/month, #264 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • sound's video is recorded as 23. Звучни виљушки.ogv[2].
  • sound's image is recorded as Utbredning av ljudvågor -- Onda sonora se propagando (mul).svg[3].
  • sound's GND ID is recorded as 4129541-9[4].
  • sound's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85125363[5].
  • sound's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119348192[6].
  • sound's subclass of is recorded as acoustic wave[7].
  • sound's subclass of is recorded as longitudinal wave[8].
  • sound's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00568989[9].
  • sound's has use is recorded as communication[10].
  • sound's has use is recorded as hearing perception[11].
  • sound's has use is recorded as music[12].
  • sound's Commons category is recorded as Sound[13].
  • sound's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q35650 (ken)-Akopoly-bɛrɛmti (sound).wav[14].
  • sound's opposite of is recorded as silence[15].
  • sound's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D013016[16].
  • sound's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 5484[17].
  • sound's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06qc5[18].
  • sound's MeSH tree code is recorded as G01.750.770.776[19].
  • sound's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph127699[20].
  • sound's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sound[21].
  • sound's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX524575[22].
  • sound's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 534[23].
  • sound's PSH ID is recorded as 3099[24].
  • sound's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 3556[25].
  • sound's Iconclass notation is recorded as 22D[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for sound include Soundex[27], a phonetic algorithm[28] and Nias[29], a natural language[30], in Indonesia[31].

Why It Matters

sound ranks in the top 0.34% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,462 views/month, #264 of 77,819).[1] sound has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] sound is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for sound include Soundex[27], a phonetic algorithm[28] and Nias[29], a natural language[30], in Indonesia[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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