wave vector

vector pointing in the direction of a wave and whose magnitude is equal to the wavenumber
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wave vector

Summary

wave vector ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wave vector's GND ID is recorded as 4342436-3[2].
  • wave vector's subclass of is recorded as vector quantity[3].
  • wave vector's subclass of is recorded as physical quantity[4].
  • wave vector's subclass of is recorded as Euclidean vector[5].
  • wave vector's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/032xz0[6].
  • wave vector's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[7].
  • wave vector's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1926482[8].
  • wave vector's ISQ dimension is recorded as \mathsf{L}^{-1}[9].
  • wave vector's nLab ID is recorded as wave vector[10].
  • wave vector's World of Physics ID is recorded as WaveVector[11].
  • wave vector's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 109496249[12].
  • wave vector's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as WaveVector[13].
  • wave vector's quantity symbol is recorded as \boldsymbol{k}[14].
  • wave vector's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as reciprocal metre[15].
  • wave vector's IEV number is recorded as 103-10-09[16].
  • wave vector's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C109496249[17].
  • wave vector's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 57049[18].

Why It Matters

wave vector ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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