Distortion (optics)

Distortion - deviation from rectilinear projection (optics). Article "Distortion (optics)" in English Wikipedia has 55.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 11 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Distortion (optics)", its content was written by 102 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 351 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 180 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1395 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #25444 in July 2013
• Global: #68340 in April 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #57386 in May 2014
• Global: #50971 in March 2015

There are 19 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, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Distortion (optics)		55.8872
2	Chinese (zh) 畸變		47.9716
3	French (fr) Distorsion (optique)		35.018
4	Catalan (ca) Distorsió (òptica)		31.7961
5	Ukrainian (uk) Дисторсія		27.5756
6	Spanish (es) Distorsión (óptica)		23.3056
7	German (de) Verzeichnung		22.5397
8	Japanese (ja) 歪曲収差		20.9886
9	Russian (ru) Дисторсия		20.7412
10	Polish (pl) Dystorsja		18.7155

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Distortion (optics)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Distortion (optics)		1 873 897
2	Russian (ru) Дисторсия		402 866
3	German (de) Verzeichnung		352 285
4	Polish (pl) Dystorsja		260 684
5	French (fr) Distorsion (optique)		150 957
6	Japanese (ja) 歪曲収差		101 798
7	Chinese (zh) 畸變		96 710
8	Italian (it) Distorsione ottica		36 407
9	Dutch (nl) Vertekening		35 755
10	Ukrainian (uk) Дисторсія		18 395

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Distortion (optics)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Distortion (optics)		5 415
2	Russian (ru) Дисторсия		783
3	German (de) Verzeichnung		658
4	Japanese (ja) 歪曲収差		602
5	Chinese (zh) 畸變		414
6	French (fr) Distorsion (optique)		312
7	Polish (pl) Dystorsja		216
8	Spanish (es) Distorsión (óptica)		80
9	Italian (it) Distorsione ottica		57
10	Ukrainian (uk) Дисторсія		50

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Distortion (optics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Distortion (optics)		102
2	German (de) Verzeichnung		76
3	French (fr) Distorsion (optique)		34
4	Russian (ru) Дисторсия		32
5	Italian (it) Distorsione ottica		19
6	Polish (pl) Dystorsja		19
7	Dutch (nl) Vertekening		17
8	Ukrainian (uk) Дисторсія		11
9	Chinese (zh) 畸變		8
10	Greek (el) Παραμόρφωση ειδώλου		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Distortion (optics)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Bulgarian (bg) Дисторсия		0
2	Catalan (ca) Distorsió (òptica)		0
3	German (de) Verzeichnung		0
4	Greek (el) Παραμόρφωση ειδώλου		0
5	English (en) Distortion (optics)		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Distordo		0
7	Spanish (es) Distorsión (óptica)		0
8	Persian (fa) واپیچش (نورشناسی)		0
9	French (fr) Distorsion (optique)		0
10	Italian (it) Distorsione ottica		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Distortion (optics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Russian (ru) Дисторсия		216
2	Dutch (nl) Vertekening		215
3	French (fr) Distorsion (optique)		206
4	English (en) Distortion (optics)		180
5	Ukrainian (uk) Дисторсія		170
6	Korean (ko) 상의 일그러짐		125
7	German (de) Verzeichnung		116
8	Japanese (ja) 歪曲収差		47
9	Chinese (zh) 畸變		37
10	Italian (it) Distorsione ottica		25

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#	Language	Value
bg	Bulgarian Дисторсия
ca	Catalan Distorsió (òptica)
de	German Verzeichnung
el	Greek Παραμόρφωση ειδώλου
en	English Distortion (optics)
eo	Esperanto Distordo
es	Spanish Distorsión (óptica)
fa	Persian واپیچش (نورشناسی)
fr	French Distorsion (optique)
it	Italian Distorsione ottica
ja	Japanese 歪曲収差
ko	Korean 상의 일그러짐
nl	Dutch Vertekening
pl	Polish Dystorsja
ru	Russian Дисторсия
sk	Slovak Skreslenie (optika)
uk	Ukrainian Дисторсія
uz	Uzbek Distorsiya
zh	Chinese 畸變

Best Rank

English: #57386 05.2014

Global: #50971 03.2015

Best Rank

English: #25444 07.2013

Global: #68340 04.2005

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