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Uncommon card · Science
Hydraulics, an Uncommon card
Hydraulics is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 75,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Hydraulics quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hydraulics card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It has been part of human ______ since ancient times.
Answer
history. It has been part of human history since ancient times. From the Hydraulics article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
A. J. P. Taylor. A. J. P. Taylor 80 · Saw 71 · Hydraulics 67 · Kente cloth 64 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Rooted in fluid mechanics, hydraulics is used to govern the use of energy via pressurized liquids.
- It has been part of human history since ancient times.
- Hydraulic topics range through some parts of science and most engineering modules.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hydraulics article was read about 75,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Hydraulics
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hydraulics (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Soroush90gh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
