speed of sound

distance travelled during a unit of time by a sound wave propagating through an elastic medium
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speed of sound
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speed of sound

Summary

speed of sound is a physical property[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of physical_property entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,867 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • speed of sound's instance of is recorded as physical property[3].
  • speed of sound is a type of speed[4].
  • speed of sound is a type of physical quantity[5].
  • speed of sound's Commons category is recorded as Speed of sound[6].
  • speed of sound's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7].
  • speed of sound's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2075[8].
  • speed of sound's different from is recorded as sound particle velocity[9].
  • speed of sound's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

Body

Definition and Type

speed of sound's instance of is recorded as physical property[3]. Recorded subclass of include speed[4] and physical quantity[5].

Influence

Things named for speed of sound include supersonic speed[11]; Sonic[12], a train service[13], in Japan[14], founded in 1997[15]; and subsonic speed[16].

Why It Matters

speed of sound ranks in the top 5% of physical_property entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,867 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include supersonic speed[11]; Sonic[12], a train service[13], in Japan[14], founded in 1997[15]; and subsonic speed[16].

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 3FrIhC
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) ([[Property:P14541]]) 2"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 3624120
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    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20764, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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