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visible spectrum

portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye
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Summary

visible spectrum ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,091 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Follows: ultraviolet radiation[2]
  • Followed by: infrared radiation[3]
  • Subclass of: light[4]
  • Part of: electromagnetic spectrum[5]
  • Commons category: Visible spectrum[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Optical spectrum[7]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], The New Student's Reference Work[9]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/visible-light[10]
  • Exact match: https://w3id.org/sstim/exposure#mediumVisualLight[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

visible spectrum has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 5w ago · Rfabbri · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → https://w3id.org/sstim/exposure#mediumVisualLight
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Exact match: https://w3id.org/sstim/exposure#mediumVisualLight, SSTIM mapping, derived from sstim-alignments.ttl"
  2. 17w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Follows → ultraviolet radiation
    Wikiskripta article id → 1395
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, The New Student's Reference Work
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikiskripta article id: 1395, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78317749|Viditelné světlo (#78317749)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkripta]] #m"
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