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Laser rangefinder, an Uncommon card
A laser rangefinder, also known as a laser telemeter or laser distance meter, is a rangefinder that uses a laser beam to determine the distance to an object.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Laser rangefinder quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Laser rangefinder card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Laser rangefinders are sometimes classified as type of ______ scannerless lidar.
Answer
handheld. Laser rangefinders are sometimes classified as type of handheld scannerless lidar. From the Laser rangefinder article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Laser rangefinder. Laser rangefinder 62 · Alexander Friedmann 59 · Hornblende 53 · Jungle gym 49 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 most common form of laser rangefinder operates on the time of flight principle by sending a laser pulse in a narrow beam towards the object and measuring the time taken by the pulse to be reflected off the target and returned to the sender.
- Due to the high speed of light, this technique is not appropriate for high precision sub-millimeter measurements, where triangulation and other techniques are often used instead.
- Laser rangefinders are sometimes classified as type of handheld scannerless lidar.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Laser rangefinder article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Laser rangefinder
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, Laser rangefinder (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anatol123 ( talk ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
