Plate

Plate may refer to:

Cooking

Places

Science

Biology and 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 dish or Petri plate, a shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed

Geology

  • Tectonic plate, are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere

Physics

  • Plate, 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
  • Plate trick, a 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

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
    • Plate, an element of a folding machine
    • Plate armour, a body armor made from metal plates
    • 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
  • Plated, item with a deposition of metallic layers

Sport

Technology

Construction

  • Plate (structure), a type of structural element
    • Anchor plate, a 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, a vertical component used in building construction

Electronics

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

Printing and photography

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

Transportation

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

Other uses

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See also

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