Plate
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Plate may refer to a range of objects, which have in common being thin and flat and also food or other products can be set on them.
- In heraldry, a roundel argent (white/silver)
- Plate (surname)
Cooking
- Plate (dishware), a broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food
- Tableware, dishware and cutlery made of metal, especially precious metals such as silver (household silver) or gold
- the content of such a plate (for example: Rice plate)
- To present food on a plate
- A forequarter cut of beef
Science
- Biology / Medicine
- Plate (anatomy), several meanings
- Dental plate, also known as dentures
- Dynamic compression plate, a metallic plate used in orthopedics to fix bone
- Microtiter plate (or microplate or microwell plate), a flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes
- Petri plate, a shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed
- Geology
- Tectonic plate
- Plate tectonics, the study of the movement of such plates
- Physics
- A physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes
- Plate electrode, a type of electrode used in vacuum tubes
- Plate theory, a theory used in continuum mechanics to explain thin solids
- Wilhelmy plate, used to measure tension at an interface between air and a liquid or between two liquids
Technology
- Wall plate, a vertical component used in building construction
Printing and photography
- Printing plate, a printing medium:
- in intaglio
- in lithography
- An alternative term for a (part of a) "tipped-in page", a page in a book used to carry one or more images rather than text
- Approach plate, a chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway
- Photographic plate, a medium from which a photograph may be developed
- Plate camera, an early type of camera that used photographic plates
Rairoading
- Plate B, Plate C, ... , Plate H, different loading gauges used on North American railroads. I
Metal plates
- Plate (metal), a rectangular flat metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick, not as thin as sheet metal
- An element of a folding machine
- Vehicle registration plate (license plate), a sign attached to a vehicle in order to identify it
- L-plate (learner plate), a sign attached to a vehicle to indicate that the driver has a provisional driving license
- Plate armour, a body armor made from metal plates
Places
- Plate, Germany, a municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- River Plate (disambiguation)
- Tourelle de la Plate, a lighthouse in France
Sport
- Weight plate, a flat, heavy object, usually made of iron, used in strength training or weightlifting
- Home plate, a location on a baseball field
- Several trophies, such as the County Championship Plate or the Mandela Challenge Plate in rugby union or the Annapolis Subscription Plate in horse racing
Other uses
See also
- All pages beginning with "Plate"
- All pages with titles containing Plate
- Plating, the deposition of metallic layers
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