causal loop

sequence of events in which an event is among the causes of another event, which in turn is among the causes of the first-mentioned event
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causal loop

Summary

causal loop ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • causal loop's image is recorded as Causal loop billiard ball.svg[2].
  • By His Bootstraps is named after causal loop[3].
  • causal loop's subclass of is recorded as temporal paradox[4].
  • causal loop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x676[5].
  • causal loop's Fandom article ID is recorded as memory-alpha:Temporal_causality_loop[6].
  • causal loop's Fandom article ID is recorded as de.memory-alpha:Temporale_Kausalitätsschleife[7].
  • causal loop's Fandom article ID is recorded as fr.memory-alpha:Boucle_causale_temporelle[8].
  • causal loop's Fandom article ID is recorded as ja.memory-alpha:循環する時間の輪[9].
  • causal loop's Fandom article ID is recorded as nl.memory-alpha:Tijdelijke_veroorzakingslus[10].
  • causal loop's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 46475152[11].
  • causal loop's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/StableTimeLoop[12].

Why It Matters

causal loop ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (197 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . tvtropes.org. Retrieved . tvtropes.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). causal loop. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/causal-loop
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_causal-loop_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{causal loop}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/causal-loop}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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