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Uncommon card · Science
Luminance, an Uncommon card
Luminance is a photometric measure of the luminous intensity per unit area of light travelling in a given direction.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 93
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 50,000
Power 93 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Luminance quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Luminance card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ for conversion from spectral radiance to luminance is standardized by the CIE and ISO.
Answer
procedure. The procedure for conversion from spectral radiance to luminance is standardized by the CIE and ISO. From the Luminance article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Moritz Bleibtreu. Moritz Bleibtreu 64 · Bulk modulus 60 · Luminance 57 · Christian Audigier 53 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.
- It describes the amount of light that passes through, is emitted from, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle.
- The procedure for conversion from spectral radiance to luminance is standardized by the CIE and ISO.
- Brightness is the term for the subjective impression of the objective luminance measurement standard.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Luminance article was read about 50,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Luminance
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Luminance in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Chloe TryonUncommon · History · ATK 61 DEF 32
- Christian AudigierUncommon · Arts · ATK 53 DEF 40
- BreadcrumbsUncommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 41
- Moritz BleibtreuUncommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 29
- RampartUncommon · Nature · ATK 54 DEF 39
- Robert David HallUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 35
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Luminance (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Anders Thorseth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
