diffraction

various phenomena that occur when a wave encounters an obstacle or a slit
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diffraction

Summary

diffraction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • diffraction is a type of physical phenomenon[2].
  • diffraction's Commons category is recorded as Diffraction[3].
  • diffraction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diffraction[4].
  • diffraction's Commons gallery is recorded as Diffraction[5].
  • diffraction's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[6].
  • diffraction's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • diffraction's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[8].
  • diffraction's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0020214[9].
  • diffraction's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].
  • diffraction's P14541 is recorded as 18vqjW[11].

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Definition and Type

diffraction is a type of physical phenomenon[2].

Why It Matters

diffraction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[1] diffraction has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] diffraction is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 78
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'cy', 'd
    Harper's tag → diffraction
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0020214
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0020214"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 18vqjW
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0211784-difrakce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0211784-difrakce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3
    Topic's main category → Category:Diffraction
    Subclass of → physical phenomenon
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39312, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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