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coherence

ideal property of waves that enables stationary (i.e. temporally and spatially constant) interference
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coherence

Summary

coherence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,947 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • coherence is a type of correlation[2].
  • coherence is a type of physical property[3].
  • coherence's Commons category is recorded as Coherence[4].
  • coherence's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12769253[5].
  • coherence's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • coherence's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[7].
  • coherence's different from is recorded as collimated light[8].
  • coherence's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include correlation[2] and physical property[3].

Why It Matters

coherence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,947 views/month).[1] coherence has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] coherence is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q12769253
    Subclass of → correlation, physical property
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14283, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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