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radiation

waves or particles propagating through space or through a medium, carrying energy
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radiation
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Summary

radiation is a physical phenomenon[1]. radiation ranks in the top 2% of physical phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,684 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: heat transfer[3], energy transfer process[4]
  • Part of: physics[5]
  • Commons category: Radiation[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Radiation[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Radiation[8]
  • Studied by: physics[9]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001023[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
  • P10203: 3108[12]

Why It Matters

radiation has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] radiation is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

physics Wilhelm Wien William F. Sensakovic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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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. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → radiation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: radiation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953269|radiation (#289953269)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Snomed ct id → 256242009
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Snomed ct id: 256242009, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/162076241|Radiation (#162076241)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6222|SNOMED CT Physical F"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3vCOTr
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0232623-zareni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0232623-zareni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  5. 18w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Radiation warning symbol.svg, Electromagnetic-Spectrum.png, RadiationPenetration2-pn.png
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Radiation warning symbol.svg"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 4150, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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