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optical flow

pattern of apparent motion of objects, surfaces, and edges in a visual scene caused by the relative motion between an observer and a scene
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optical flow

Summary

optical flow ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • optical flow's subclass of is recorded as pattern[2].
  • optical flow's Commons category is recorded as Optic flow[3].
  • optical flow's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D057849[4].
  • optical flow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03k508[5].
  • optical flow's MeSH tree code is recorded as F02.463.593.932.594[6].
  • optical flow's MeSH tree code is recorded as G14.700[7].
  • optical flow's has cause is recorded as motion[8].
  • optical flow's UMLS CUI is recorded as C2936245[9].
  • optical flow's Quora topic ID is recorded as Optical-Flow[10].
  • optical flow's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 155542232[11].
  • optical flow's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C155542232[12].
  • optical flow's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as immunology-and-microbiology/optic-flow[13].

Why It Matters

optical flow ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). optical flow. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/optical-flow
MLA “optical flow.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/optical-flow.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_optical-flow_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{optical flow}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/optical-flow}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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