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Rare card · Science
Incandescent light bulb, a Rare card
An incandescent light bulb, also known as an incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe, is an electric light that produces illumination by Joule heating a filament until it glows.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Ranked #737 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Incandescent light bulb quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Incandescent light bulb card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A bulb socket provides mechanical support and electrical ______.
Answer
connections. A bulb socket provides mechanical support and electrical connections. From the Incandescent light bulb article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Europe. History of Europe 100 · Globalization 93 · Incandescent light bulb 86 · Chagas disease 81 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.
- The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb that is either evacuated or filled with inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation.
- Electric current is supplied to the filament by terminals or wires embedded in the glass.
- A bulb socket provides mechanical support and electrical connections.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Incandescent light bulb article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Incandescent light bulb
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Incandescent light bulb (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : KMJ , alpha masking by Edokter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
