Great circle

Quality:

Great circle - intersection of the sphere and a plane which passes through the center point of the sphere. Article "Great circle" in English Wikipedia has 18.4 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 2 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in Catalan Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Great circle", its content was written by 192 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 973 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 703 times in English Wikipedia and cited 5333 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #737 in April 2002
  • Global: #1024 in April 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #41570 in February 2011
  • Global: #52947 in February 2011

There are 47 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 August 1, 2024 (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
1Catalan (ca)
Cercle màxim
38.0916
2Croatian (hr)
Ortodroma
33.4984
3Serbian (sr)
Велика кружница
29.8121
4Turkish (tr)
Büyük daire
25.0625
5Arabic (ar)
دائرة عظمى
23.4962
6Malay (ms)
Bulatan agung
22.9489
7Polish (pl)
Koło wielkie
21.5466
8Spanish (es)
Gran círculo
21.3944
9English (en)
Great circle
18.3983
10Lithuanian (lt)
Didysis apskritimas
18.0324
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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 "Great circle" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Great circle
2 435 206
2German (de)
Großkreis
333 185
3Spanish (es)
Gran círculo
287 382
4Polish (pl)
Koło wielkie
146 246
5Portuguese (pt)
Círculo máximo
139 973
6French (fr)
Grand cercle
111 897
7Italian (it)
Cerchio massimo
93 103
8Russian (ru)
Большой круг
83 407
9Chinese (zh)
大圆
74 292
10Dutch (nl)
Grootcirkel
71 140
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Great circle" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Great circle
7 237
2German (de)
Großkreis
991
3Spanish (es)
Gran círculo
662
4Japanese (ja)
大円
373
5Russian (ru)
Большой круг
343
6Indonesian (id)
Lingkaran besar
337
7Polish (pl)
Koło wielkie
337
8Chinese (zh)
大圆
337
9Hungarian (hu)
Főkör
294
10Italian (it)
Cerchio massimo
267
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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 "Great circle" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Great circle
192
2German (de)
Großkreis
87
3French (fr)
Grand cercle
66
4Italian (it)
Cerchio massimo
56
5Dutch (nl)
Grootcirkel
46
6Spanish (es)
Gran círculo
43
7Norwegian (no)
Storsirkel
38
8Danish (da)
Storcirkel
35
9Portuguese (pt)
Círculo máximo
24
10Swedish (sv)
Storcirkel
24
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Great circle" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Cercle màxim
1
2Serbian (sr)
Велика кружница
1
3Arabic (ar)
دائرة عظمى
0
4Bulgarian (bg)
Голяма окръжност
0
5Czech (cs)
Hlavní kružnice
0
6Danish (da)
Storcirkel
0
7German (de)
Großkreis
0
8English (en)
Great circle
0
9Esperanto (eo)
Ĉefcirklo
0
10Spanish (es)
Gran círculo
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 "Great circle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Great circle
703
2French (fr)
Grand cercle
585
3Catalan (ca)
Cercle màxim
468
4Ukrainian (uk)
Велике коло
407
5Portuguese (pt)
Círculo máximo
406
6Hindi (hi)
बृहत् वृत्त
364
7Thai (th)
วงกลมใหญ่
339
8Spanish (es)
Gran círculo
284
9Chinese (zh)
大圆
264
10Indonesian (id)
Lingkaran besar
175
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
دائرة عظمى
bgBulgarian
Голяма окръжност
caCatalan
Cercle màxim
csCzech
Hlavní kružnice
daDanish
Storcirkel
deGerman
Großkreis
enEnglish
Great circle
eoEsperanto
Ĉefcirklo
esSpanish
Gran círculo
etEstonian
Suurring
euBasque
Zirkulu nagusi
faPersian
دایره بزرگ
fiFinnish
Isoympyrä
frFrench
Grand cercle
glGalician
Círculo máximo
heHebrew
מעגל גדול
hiHindi
बृहत् वृत्त
hrCroatian
Ortodroma
huHungarian
Főkör
hyArmenian
Մեծ շրջան
idIndonesian
Lingkaran besar
itItalian
Cerchio massimo
jaJapanese
大円
koKorean
대원
laLatin
Circulus magnus
ltLithuanian
Didysis apskritimas
msMalay
Bulatan agung
nlDutch
Grootcirkel
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Storsirkel
noNorwegian
Storsirkel
plPolish
Koło wielkie
ptPortuguese
Círculo máximo
roRomanian
Cerc mare
ruRussian
Большой круг
shSerbo-Croatian
Velika kružnica
simpleSimple English
Great circle
slSlovenian
Veliki krog
srSerbian
Велика кружница
svSwedish
Storcirkel
taTamil
பெரு வட்டம்
thThai
วงกลมใหญ่
trTurkish
Büyük daire
ukUkrainian
Велике коло
urUrdu
دائرہ عظیم
viVietnamese
Đường tròn lớn
zhChinese
大圆
zhminnanMin Nan
Tōa-îⁿ

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#41570
02.2011
Global:
#52947
02.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#737
04.2002
Global:
#1024
04.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Great circle from Wikipedia articles about Meridian, Great-circle distance, Geodesic curve, Metre and Nautical mile. Whereas reading the article about Great circle people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Great-circle distance, Great-circle navigation, Geodesic curve, Rhumb line and Antipodal point.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

zh: 大圆
ja: 大円
ko: 대원
simple: Great circle
zhminnan: Tōa-îⁿ

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