Characteristic impedance

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Characteristic impedance

Quality:

Characteristic impedance - ratio of the amplitudes of voltage and current of a single wave propagating along the line. Article “Characteristic impedance” in English Wikipedia has 58.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 22 references and 12 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Characteristic impedance” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Characteristic impedance”, its content was written by 128 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 309 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 175 times in English Wikipedia and cited 673 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4855 in May 2002
  • Global: #6325 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #78715 in November 2014
  • Global: #91391 in February 2008

There are 17 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Characteristic impedance
58.1629
2Korean (ko)
특성 임피던스
39.1023
3Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
14.6926
4Czech (cs)
Charakteristická impedance
14.5433
5Turkish (tr)
Karakteristik empedans
9.987
6Dutch (nl)
Karakteristieke impedantie
9.912
7Hindi (hi)
अभिलाक्षणिक प्रतिबाधा
9.2635
8Norwegian (no)
Karakteristisk impedans
9.1268
9Ukrainian (uk)
Характеристичний імпеданс
8.779
10Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
8.1729
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Characteristic impedance" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Characteristic impedance
1 986 848
2Japanese (ja)
特性インピーダンス
424 989
3Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
296 093
4French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
224 127
5Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
100 061
6Dutch (nl)
Karakteristieke impedantie
45 279
7Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
35 203
8Portuguese (pt)
Impedância característica
29 556
9Czech (cs)
Charakteristická impedance
19 562
10Turkish (tr)
Karakteristik empedans
15 875
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Characteristic impedance" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Characteristic impedance
2 688
2Japanese (ja)
特性インピーダンス
449
3French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
254
4Czech (cs)
Charakteristická impedance
85
5Korean (ko)
특성 임피던스
72
6Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
45
7Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
40
8Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
35
9Dutch (nl)
Karakteristieke impedantie
33
10Ukrainian (uk)
Характеристичний імпеданс
28
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Characteristic impedance" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Characteristic impedance
128
2French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
38
3Dutch (nl)
Karakteristieke impedantie
27
4Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
25
5Japanese (ja)
特性インピーダンス
20
6Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
16
7Hindi (hi)
अभिलाक्षणिक प्रतिबाधा
15
8Portuguese (pt)
Impedância característica
9
9Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
8
10Catalan (ca)
Impedància característica
7
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Characteristic impedance" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
معاوقة عابرة
2
2English (en)
Characteristic impedance
1
3Catalan (ca)
Impedància característica
0
4Czech (cs)
Charakteristická impedance
0
5Greek (el)
Κυματική αντίσταση
0
6Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
0
7Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
0
8French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
0
9Hindi (hi)
अभिलाक्षणिक प्रतिबाधा
0
10Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Characteristic impedance" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Characteristic impedance
175
2Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
174
3French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
58
4Korean (ko)
특성 임피던스
43
5Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
40
6Japanese (ja)
特性インピーダンス
40
7Catalan (ca)
Impedància característica
34
8Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
34
9Norwegian (no)
Karakteristisk impedans
17
10Dutch (nl)
Karakteristieke impedantie
12
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
معاوقة عابرة
caCatalan
Impedància característica
csCzech
Charakteristická impedance
elGreek
Κυματική αντίσταση
enEnglish
Characteristic impedance
esSpanish
Impedancia característica
faPersian
امپدانس مشخصه
frFrench
Impédance caractéristique
hiHindi
अभिलाक्षणिक प्रतिबाधा
itItalian
Impedenza caratteristica
jaJapanese
特性インピーダンス
koKorean
특성 임피던스
nlDutch
Karakteristieke impedantie
noNorwegian
Karakteristisk impedans
ptPortuguese
Impedância característica
trTurkish
Karakteristik empedans
ukUkrainian
Характеристичний імпеданс

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#78715
11.2014
Global:
#91391
02.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4855
05.2002
Global:
#6325
05.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Characteristic impedance from Wikipedia articles about Coaxial cable, Telegraphers equations, RF transmission line, BNC connector and Impedance. Whereas reading the article about Characteristic impedance people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Telegraphers equations, Input impedance, RF transmission line, Nominal impedance and Wave impedance.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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