Widmanstätten pattern

crystal patterns found in some meteorites
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Widmanstätten pattern

Summary

Widmanstätten pattern ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Widmanstätten pattern is credited with the discovery of William Thomson[2].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's image is recorded as Casas Grandes meteorite, pattern.jpg[3].
  • Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten is named after Widmanstätten pattern[4].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's subclass of is recorded as structure[5].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's subclass of is recorded as microstructure[6].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's subclass of is recorded as lamella (materials)[7].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's Commons category is recorded as Widmanstätten pattern[8].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0529kn[9].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Widmanstatten-pattern[12].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778903959[13].
  • Widmanstätten pattern's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as vidmanshtettova-struktura-39576f[14].

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Works and Contributions

Widmanstätten pattern is credited with the discovery of William Thomson[2].

Why It Matters

Widmanstätten pattern ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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