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Uncommon card · Science
Gas-turbine engine, an Uncommon card
A gas turbine is a complete continuous-flow internal combustion engine in which air is compressed, fuel is burned in the compressed air, and the resulting hot gas expands through a turbine.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 79,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Gas-turbine engine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gas-turbine engine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______, combustor, and turbine form the gas generator or core of the engine.
Answer
compressor. The compressor, combustor, and turbine form the gas generator or core of the engine. From the Gas-turbine engine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States. COVID-19 vaccination in the United States 90 · Gas-turbine engine 87 · Extraversion and introversion 84 · Aldebaran 79 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Extraversion and introversion. Extraversion and introversion 170,000 · Gas-turbine engine 79,000 · Brain injury 51,000 · COVID-19 vaccination in the United States 39,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The turbine shaft drives the compressor and, depending on the design, may also produce thrust, shaft power, or both.
- The compressor, combustor, and turbine form the gas generator or core of the engine.
- Gas turbines of constant pressure combustion operate on the Brayton cycle and are used in aircraft propulsion, electric power generation, marine propulsion, industrial machinery, pumps, gas compressors, and some land vehicles.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gas-turbine engine article was read about 79,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Gas-turbine engine
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gas-turbine engine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
