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 53.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 22 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 (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Characteristic impedance” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Characteristic impedance”, its content was written by 120 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 328 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 169 times in English Wikipedia and cited 733 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4853 in May 2002
  • Global: #6317 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #80221 in November 2014
  • Global: #90778 in February 2008

There are 20 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)
Characteristic impedance
53.8364
2Hebrew (he)
עכבה אופיינית
15.4689
3Czech (cs)
Charakteristická impedance
14.7315
4Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
14.719
5Swedish (sv)
Vågimpedans
9.9629
6Turkish (tr)
Karakteristik empedans
9.947
7Dutch (nl)
Karakteristieke impedantie
9.9285
8Hindi (hi)
अभिलाक्षणिक प्रतिबाधा
9.27
9Norwegian (no)
Karakteristisk impedans
9.1618
10Ukrainian (uk)
Характеристичний імпеданс
8.7557
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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
1 916 029
2Japanese (ja)
特性インピーダンス
417 037
3Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
294 138
4French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
219 458
5Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
99 138
6Hebrew (he)
עכבה אופיינית
57 282
7Dutch (nl)
Karakteristieke impedantie
44 628
8Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
34 560
9Portuguese (pt)
Impedância característica
29 149
10Czech (cs)
Charakteristická impedance
18 843
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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 "Characteristic impedance" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Characteristic impedance
4 231
2Japanese (ja)
特性インピーダンス
746
3French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
384
4Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
247
5Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
153
6Czech (cs)
Charakteristická impedance
106
7Hebrew (he)
עכבה אופיינית
82
8Hungarian (hu)
Hullámimpedancia (vezeték)
59
9Dutch (nl)
Karakteristieke impedantie
52
10Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
49
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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
120
2French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
37
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
7Hebrew (he)
עכבה אופיינית
16
8Hindi (hi)
अभिलाक्षणिक प्रतिबाधा
15
9Portuguese (pt)
Impedância característica
9
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 2025

Language versions of the article "Characteristic impedance" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Characteristic impedance
1
2Arabic (ar)
معاوقة عابرة
0
3Catalan (ca)
Impedància característica
0
4Czech (cs)
Charakteristická impedance
0
5Greek (el)
Κυματική αντίσταση
0
6Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
0
7Estonian (et)
Lainetakistus
0
8Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
0
9French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
0
10Hebrew (he)
עכבה אופיינית
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
169
2Persian (fa)
امپدانس مشخصه
158
3Hebrew (he)
עכבה אופיינית
107
4French (fr)
Impédance caractéristique
58
5Japanese (ja)
特性インピーダンス
40
6Italian (it)
Impedenza caratteristica
37
7Spanish (es)
Impedancia característica
36
8Catalan (ca)
Impedància característica
32
9Norwegian (no)
Karakteristisk impedans
17
10Estonian (et)
Lainetakistus
15
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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
etEstonian
Lainetakistus
faPersian
امپدانس مشخصه
frFrench
Impédance caractéristique
heHebrew
עכבה אופיינית
hiHindi
अभिलाक्षणिक प्रतिबाधा
huHungarian
Hullámimpedancia (vezeték)
itItalian
Impedenza caratteristica
jaJapanese
特性インピーダンス
nlDutch
Karakteristieke impedantie
noNorwegian
Karakteristisk impedans
ptPortuguese
Impedância característica
svSwedish
Vågimpedans
trTurkish
Karakteristik empedans
ukUkrainian
Характеристичний імпеданс

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#80221
11.2014
Global:
#90778
02.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4853
05.2002
Global:
#6317
05.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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