Plate

Plate may refer to:

Cooking Plate (dishware), broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food Plates, tableware, dishes or dishware used for setting a table, serving food and dining Plate, the content of such a plate (for example: rice plate) Plate, to present food, on a plate Plate, forequarter cut of beef

Places Plate, Germany, municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Plate, borough of Lüchow, Lower Saxony, Germany River Plate (disambiguation) Tourelle de la Plate, lighthouse in France

Science and technology Biology and medicine Plate (anatomy), several meanings Dental plate, also known as dentures Dynamic compression plate, metallic plate used in orthopedics to fix bone Microtiter plate (or microplate or microwell plate), flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes Orthopedic plate, internal fixation used in orthopaedic surgery Petri dish or Petri plate, shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed

Geology Tectonic plate, pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere Plate tectonics, the study of the movement of such plates

Physics Plate, physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes Plate electrode, type of electrode used in vacuum tubes Plate (structure), concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory Plate trick, mathematical demonstration of quaternions and particle spins Wilhelmy plate, used to measure tension at an interface between air and a liquid or between two liquids

Construction Anchor plate, large plate connected to a tie rod or bolt for structural reinforcement Sill plate, the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached Wall plate, vertical component used in building construction

Electronics Anodes, electrodes used in vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) and similar devices

Printing and photography Photographic plate, medium from which a photograph may be developed Plate camera, early type of camera that used photographic plates Printing plate, printing medium: Plate, in Intaglio (printmaking), the direct opposite of a relief print Plate, in lithography, method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water Plate, a (part of a) "tipped-in page", separately-printed page in a book used to carry one or more images

Transportation Approach plate, chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway Plate B, Plate C, ... , Plate H, loading gauges used on North American railroads

Metal plates Plate (metal), rectangular flat metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick, not as thin as sheet metal Plate, element of a folding machine Plate armour, body armor made from metal plates Vehicle registration plate (license plate), sign attached to a vehicle in order to identify it L-plate (learner plate), sign attached to a vehicle to indicate that the driver has a provisional driving license Plated, item with a deposition of metallic layers

Sport Home plate, location on a baseball field Several trophies, e.g., Annapolis Subscription Plate, in horse racing County Championship Plate, in rugby union Mandela Challenge Plate, in rugby union Weight plate, flat, heavy object, usually made of iron, used in strength training or weightlifting

Other uses Plate (surname) Plate, in heraldry, Roundel argent (white/silver)

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