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Metrication, an Uncommon card
Metrication or metrification is the act or process of converting to the metric system of measurement.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Metrication quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Metrication card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This process began in France during the 1790s and has ______ over more than two centuries.
Answer
continued. This process began in France during the 1790s and has continued over more than two centuries. From the Metrication article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
As of ____, about 95% of the world's population lived in countries where the modern metric system was the only legal system of measurement.
Answer
2010s. As of 2011, about 95% of the world's population lived in countries where the modern metric system was the only legal system of measurement. From the Metrication article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Metrication. Metrication 90 · Theoren Fleury 86 · Veracruz 82 · 2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 78 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.
- All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to the metric system.
- This process began in France during the 1790s and has continued over more than two centuries.
- As of 2011, about 95% of the world's population lived in countries where the modern metric system was the only legal system of measurement.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Metrication article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Metrication
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Metrication (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Authors of BlankMap-World.svg / NYKevin , Pabloab , Cherkash , Martinvl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
