Townsend discharge

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Townsend discharge

Quality:

Townsend discharge - gas ionisation process where free electrons are accelerated by an electric field, collide with gas molecules, and consequently free additional electrons. Article “Townsend discharge” in English Wikipedia has 41.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 14 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 “Townsend discharge”, its content was written by 63 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 128 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 54 times in English Wikipedia and cited 111 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #57623 in January 2016
  • Global: #50979 in December 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #206620 in January 2014
  • Global: #318903 in January 2014

There are 14 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)
Townsend discharge
41.3758
2Catalan (ca)
Descàrrega de Townsend
34.2675
3Spanish (es)
Descarga de Townsend
26.7863
4Persian (fa)
تخلیه تاونزند
15.7893
5Hungarian (hu)
Townsend-lavina
14.4653
6Russian (ru)
Таунсендовский разряд
8.8531
7Indonesian (id)
Pelepasan Townsend
6.851
8Estonian (et)
Townsendi lahendus
5.4063
9Japanese (ja)
タウンゼント放電
4.9791
10French (fr)
Décharge de Townsend
3.7961
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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 "Townsend discharge" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Townsend discharge
583 745
2Japanese (ja)
タウンゼント放電
51 976
3Spanish (es)
Descarga de Townsend
20 400
4Russian (ru)
Таунсендовский разряд
19 401
5Portuguese (pt)
Avalanche de Townsend
12 274
6Italian (it)
Valanga Townsend
6 351
7Hungarian (hu)
Townsend-lavina
3 357
8Korean (ko)
타운센드 방전
3 223
9French (fr)
Décharge de Townsend
2 149
10Estonian (et)
Townsendi lahendus
1 739
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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 "Townsend discharge" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Townsend discharge
2 577
2Japanese (ja)
タウンゼント放電
224
3French (fr)
Décharge de Townsend
96
4Spanish (es)
Descarga de Townsend
80
5Russian (ru)
Таунсендовский разряд
68
6Korean (ko)
타운센드 방전
48
7Italian (it)
Valanga Townsend
27
8Hungarian (hu)
Townsend-lavina
20
9Persian (fa)
تخلیه تاونزند
16
10Portuguese (pt)
Avalanche de Townsend
15
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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 "Townsend discharge" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Townsend discharge
63
2Italian (it)
Valanga Townsend
11
3Hungarian (hu)
Townsend-lavina
10
4Russian (ru)
Таунсендовский разряд
9
5Japanese (ja)
タウンゼント放電
8
6Estonian (et)
Townsendi lahendus
6
7Portuguese (pt)
Avalanche de Townsend
6
8Spanish (es)
Descarga de Townsend
5
9Korean (ko)
타운센드 방전
3
10French (fr)
Décharge de Townsend
2
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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 "Townsend discharge" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Descàrrega de Townsend
0
2English (en)
Townsend discharge
0
3Spanish (es)
Descarga de Townsend
0
4Estonian (et)
Townsendi lahendus
0
5Persian (fa)
تخلیه تاونزند
0
6French (fr)
Décharge de Townsend
0
7Hungarian (hu)
Townsend-lavina
0
8Indonesian (id)
Pelepasan Townsend
0
9Italian (it)
Valanga Townsend
0
10Japanese (ja)
タウンゼント放電
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 "Townsend discharge" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Townsend discharge
54
2Estonian (et)
Townsendi lahendus
11
3Spanish (es)
Descarga de Townsend
8
4Russian (ru)
Таунсендовский разряд
7
5Japanese (ja)
タウンゼント放電
5
6Korean (ko)
타운센드 방전
5
7Catalan (ca)
Descàrrega de Townsend
4
8Persian (fa)
تخلیه تاونزند
4
9Portuguese (pt)
Avalanche de Townsend
4
10French (fr)
Décharge de Townsend
3
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Descàrrega de Townsend
enEnglish
Townsend discharge
esSpanish
Descarga de Townsend
etEstonian
Townsendi lahendus
faPersian
تخلیه تاونزند
frFrench
Décharge de Townsend
huHungarian
Townsend-lavina
idIndonesian
Pelepasan Townsend
itItalian
Valanga Townsend
jaJapanese
タウンゼント放電
koKorean
타운센드 방전
ptPortuguese
Avalanche de Townsend
roRomanian
Descărcare Townsend
ruRussian
Таунсендовский разряд

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#206620
01.2014
Global:
#318903
01.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#57623
01.2016
Global:
#50979
12.2011

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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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