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time of flight

time taken by an object, particle or wave (be it acoustic, electromagnetic, etc.) to travel a distance through a medium
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Summary

time of flight ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • time of flight is a type of duration[2].
  • time of flight's different from is recorded as flight time[3].

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Definition and Type

time of flight is a type of duration[2].

Why It Matters

time of flight ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). time of flight. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/time-of-flight
MLA “time of flight.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/time-of-flight.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_time-of-flight_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{time of flight}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/time-of-flight}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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  1. 12d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 13
    Different from → flight time
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'ca', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'uk', 'zh']
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de, uk */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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