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Wire rope, an Uncommon card
Wire rope is composed of as few as two solid metal wires twisted into a helix that forms a composite rope, in a pattern known as laid rope.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 28,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Wire rope quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wire rope card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Larger diameter wire rope consists of ______ strands of such laid rope in a pattern known as cable laid.
Answer
multiple. Larger diameter wire rope consists of multiple strands of such laid rope in a pattern known as cable laid. From the Wire rope article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Debye model. Debye model 75 · Daihatsu Move 72 · Wire rope 68 · Cadmium sulfide 65 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Debye model. Debye model 47,000 · Wire rope 28,000 · Appropriate technology 21,000 · Cadmium sulfide 13,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Larger diameter wire rope consists of multiple strands of such laid rope in a pattern known as cable laid.
- Manufactured using an industrial machine known as a strander, the wires are fed through a series of barrels and spun into their final composite orientation.
- In stricter senses, the term wire rope refers to a diameter larger than 9.5 mm, with smaller gauges designated cable or cords.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wire rope article was read about 28,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Wire rope
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wire rope (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Johannes 'volty' Hemmerlein, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
