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Uncommon card · Science
Calipers, an Uncommon card
Calipers or callipers are an instrument used to measure the linear dimensions of an object or hole, namely, the length, width, thickness, diameter or depth of an object or hole.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 88,000
Ranked #1,777 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The word caliper comes from a corrupt form of caliber.
- Many types of calipers permit reading out a measurement on a ruled scale, a dial, or an electronic digital display.
- A common association is to calipers using a sliding vernier scale.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Calipers article was read about 88,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Calipers
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Calipers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Simon A. Eugster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
