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sound pressure

local pressure deviation from the ambient atmospheric pressure, caused by a sound wave
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sound pressure

Summary

sound pressure ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,632 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sound pressure is a type of physical quantity[2].
  • sound pressure is a type of pressure[3].
  • sound pressure's Commons category is recorded as Sound pressure[4].
  • sound pressure's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-8:2007 Quantities and units—Part 8: Acoustics[5].
  • sound pressure's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-8:2020 Quantities and units — Part 8: Acoustics[6].
  • sound pressure's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[7].
  • sound pressure's different from is recorded as root-mean-square sound pressure[8].
  • sound pressure's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as pascal[9].
  • sound pressure's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as kilogram per metre square second[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical quantity[2] and pressure[3].

Why It Matters

sound pressure ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,632 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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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] ↑ . ISO 80000-8:2007 Quantities and units—Part 8: Acoustics. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ISO 80000-8:2020 Quantities and units — Part 8: Acoustics. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → physical quantity, pressure
    Different from → root-mean-square sound pressure
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560988305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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