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Uncommon card · Science
Maser, an Uncommon card
A maser is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification by stimulated emission.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 82,000
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Maser quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Maser card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The term is an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of ______.
Answer
radiation. The term is an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. From the Maser article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Townes, Basov and Prokhorov won the ____ Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical work leading to the maser.
Answer
1960s. Townes, Basov and Prokhorov won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical work leading to the maser. From the Maser article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Shortest path problem. Shortest path problem 77 · Hydrostatic equilibrium 70 · Maser 65 · Capricornus 61 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 term is an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Nikolay Basov, Alexander Prokhorov and Joseph Weber introduced the concept of the maser in 1952, and Charles H. Townes, James P. Gordon, and Herbert J. Zeiger built the first maser at Columbia University in 1953.
- Townes, Basov and Prokhorov won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical work leading to the maser.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Maser article was read about 82,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Maser
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, Maser (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dan Rubin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
