Plate

Plate may refer to:

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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

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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

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Science and technology

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Electronics

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

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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

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Transportation

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

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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

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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

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Other uses

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

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See also

• Basal plate (disambiguation)
• Faceplate (disambiguation)
• Home plate (disambiguation)
• Plat (disambiguation)

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