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transverse wave

moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular (right angled) to the direction of energy transfer (or the propagation of the wave)
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transverse wave

Summary

transverse wave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • transverse wave's video is recorded as Onde cisaillement impulsion 1d 30 petit.gif[2].
  • transverse wave's GND ID is recorded as 4185945-5[3].
  • transverse wave's subclass of is recorded as progressive wave[4].
  • transverse wave's Commons category is recorded as Transverse wave[5].
  • transverse wave's opposite of is recorded as longitudinal wave[6].
  • transverse wave's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k4tl[7].
  • transverse wave's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[8].
  • transverse wave's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/transverse-wave[9].
  • transverse wave's different from is recorded as translation wave[10].
  • transverse wave's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3158491[11].
  • transverse wave's NE.se ID is recorded as transversell-våg[12].
  • transverse wave's Quora topic ID is recorded as Transverse-Wave[13].
  • transverse wave's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as transverse-waves[14].
  • transverse wave's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 160507315[15].
  • transverse wave's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779438780[16].
  • transverse wave's IEV number is recorded as 103-10-08[17].
  • transverse wave's IEV number is recorded as 801-23-09[18].
  • transverse wave's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2988322514[19].
  • transverse wave's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C160507315[20].
  • transverse wave's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779438780[21].
  • transverse wave's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 128122[22].
  • transverse wave's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 219767[23].

Why It Matters

transverse wave ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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