Pencil (optics)

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Pencil (optics)

Quality:

Pencil - beam of electromagnetic radiation or charged particles. Article “Pencil (optics)” in English Wikipedia has 28.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 3 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.

Since the creation of article “Pencil (optics)”, its content was written by 26 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 44 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 83 times in English Wikipedia and cited 103 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #70325 in December 2010
  • Global: #208067 in December 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #577848 in August 2009
  • Global: #646429 in April 2011

There are 4 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Pencil (optics)
28.3566
2Persian (fa)
مدادی (نورشناسی)
19.9338
3Spanish (es)
Haz de rayos
17.1016
4German (de)
Pencil Beam
2.6363
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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 "Pencil (optics)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pencil (optics)
142 450
2German (de)
Pencil Beam
25 802
3Spanish (es)
Haz de rayos
9 204
4Persian (fa)
مدادی (نورشناسی)
556
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Pencil (optics)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pencil (optics)
848
2German (de)
Pencil Beam
55
3Spanish (es)
Haz de rayos
45
4Persian (fa)
مدادی (نورشناسی)
4
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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 "Pencil (optics)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Pencil (optics)
26
2German (de)
Pencil Beam
15
3Spanish (es)
Haz de rayos
2
4Persian (fa)
مدادی (نورشناسی)
1
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Pencil (optics)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Pencil Beam
0
2English (en)
Pencil (optics)
0
3Spanish (es)
Haz de rayos
0
4Persian (fa)
مدادی (نورشناسی)
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 "Pencil (optics)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Pencil (optics)
83
2Spanish (es)
Haz de rayos
10
3German (de)
Pencil Beam
6
4Persian (fa)
مدادی (نورشناسی)
4
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Pencil Beam
enEnglish
Pencil (optics)
esSpanish
Haz de rayos
faPersian
مدادی (نورشناسی)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#577848
08.2009
Global:
#646429
04.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#70325
12.2010
Global:
#208067
12.2010

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Pencil from Wikipedia articles about Numerical aperture, Terrain-following radar, Zumwalt-class destroyer, Radiation pattern and Airborne ground surveillance. Whereas reading the article about Pencil people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Pencil, Collimated light, Beamforming, Fan-beam antenna and Phased array.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

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