usedToExplain
P3638
predicate
Indicates that one entity serves as an explanation or clarification for another entity.
Aliases (12)
- commonlyExplainedAs ×9
- helpsExplain ×5
- explainedBy ×3
- explainedUsing ×3
- explainsAbundanceOf ×3
- isUsedToExplain ×3
- usedToDiscuss ×3
- clarification ×2
- expoundedBy ×2
- isExplainedBy ×2
- explainsThrough ×1
- wasExplainedBy ×1
Sample triples (66)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Big Bang nucleosynthesis | primordial deuterium ("explainsAbundanceOf") → |
| Big Bang nucleosynthesis | primordial helium ("explainsAbundanceOf") → |
| Big Bang nucleosynthesis | primordial lithium ("explainsAbundanceOf") → |
| Bose–Einstein statistics | Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect → |
| Bose–Einstein statistics | Planck radiation law → |
| Bose–Einstein statistics | photon bunching → |
| Brillouin zone | Umklapp scattering → |
| Brillouin zone | band folding → |
| Brillouin zone | energy band gaps at zone boundaries → |
| Brocken spectre | wave optics of light scattering ("isExplainedBy") → |
| Compton effect | Arthur Holly Compton ("wasExplainedBy") → |
| Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates | infall of light and matter across the event horizon ("helpsExplain") → |
| Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates | one-way nature of classical black hole event horizons ("helpsExplain") → |
| Eightfold Way classification | charge patterns of hadrons → |
| Eightfold Way classification | mass patterns of hadrons → |
| Fermi gas | electronic heat capacity of metals → |
| Fermi gas | stability of white dwarfs and neutron stars via degeneracy pressure → |
| Fermi–Dirac statistics | degeneracy pressure in neutron stars → |
| Fermi–Dirac statistics | degeneracy pressure in white dwarfs → |
| Fermi–Dirac statistics | electron distribution in metals → |
| Fermi–Dirac statistics | electronic heat capacity of metals → |
| Form of the Good | Allegory of the Cave ("explainedUsing") → |
| Form of the Good | Divided Line analogy ("explainedUsing") → |
| Form of the Good | Sun analogy ("explainedUsing") → |
| Fraunhofer diffraction | spectral line dispersion by gratings → |
| Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula | charge patterns of hadron multiplets ("helpsExplain") → |
| Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula | structure of isospin multiplets ("helpsExplain") → |
| Gilgul | Hayyim Vital ("expoundedBy") → |
| Gilgul | Isaac Luria ("expoundedBy") GENERATED → |
| Kepler’s laws of planetary motion | Newton’s law of universal gravitation ("explainedBy") → |
| Kurgan hypothesis | expansion of early steppe pastoralist cultures ("explainsThrough") → |
| Mach cone | directionality of sonic booms ("isUsedToExplain") → |
| Mach cone | shock patterns around supersonic bodies ("isUsedToExplain") → |
| Maxwell's demon thought experiment | foundations of the second law of thermodynamics ("usedToDiscuss") → |
| Maxwell's demon thought experiment | limits of computation ("usedToDiscuss") → |
| Maxwell's demon thought experiment | relationship between information and thermodynamics ("usedToDiscuss") → |
| Meissner effect | London theory of superconductivity ("explainedBy") → |
| Mulliken electronegativity scale | direction of electron flow in reactions → |
| Mulliken electronegativity scale | relative acidity and basicity trends → |
| Poisson spot | Huygens–Fresnel principle ("isExplainedBy") → |
| Q source hypothesis | order and wording agreements in double tradition → |
| Q source hypothesis | similarities between Matthew and Luke → |
| Scottish Vowel Length Rule | difference between Scots and Southern British English vowel systems ("isUsedToExplain") → |
| Ship of the Imagination | evolution of stars and galaxies → |
| Ship of the Imagination | history of the cosmos → |
| Ship of the Imagination | relativity → |
| Ship of the Imagination | scale of the universe → |
| Southern Oscillation Index | interannual climate variability ("helpsExplain") → |
| U.S. Board on Geographic Names | does not control unofficial or colloquial place names ("clarification") → |
| U.S. Board on Geographic Names | does not regulate non-federal use of geographic names ("clarification") → |
| UFOs | atmospheric phenomena ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| UFOs | hoaxes ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| UFOs | instrumental errors ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| UFOs | meteors ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| UFOs | misidentified aircraft ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| UFOs | optical illusions ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| UFOs | planets or stars ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| UFOs | satellites ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| UFOs | weather balloons ("commonlyExplainedAs") → |
| Zeeman effect | Hendrik Lorentz ("explainedBy") → |
| all-or-none principle in nerve excitation | binary nature of neuronal spiking → |
| all-or-none principle in nerve excitation | uniform conduction of nerve impulses → |
| will to power | artistic creativity → |
| will to power | conflict and struggle → |
| will to power | creation of values → |
| will to power | cultural development → |