back plate
1back|plate — «BAK PLAYT», noun. 1. a plate fastened at or forming the back: »The spindle of a doorknob is held in place by two backplates. 2. a piece of armor covering the back and fastened to the breastplate with straps …
2back plate — the central steel plate on the back of an otter board, q.v …
3Back plate — Упор фальцевальной кассеты …
4back plate — n. a thin piece of metal, usually with a concave portion, used with machine screws to fasten certain types of cylinders to a door …
5back-plate — …
6plate — arrow·plate; Au·to·plate; back·plate; col·or·plate; con·tem·plate; fish·plate; omo·plate; plate; plate·ful; plate·less; plate·let; plate·man; re·plate; sub·plate; vam·plate; in·tra·plate; micro·plate; pho·to·plate; elec·tro·plate; tem·plate; …
7back — ahorse·back; apick·a·back; back; back·ber·end; back·bit·er; back·bone·less; back·coun·try; back·en; back·et; back·field; back·fill·er; back·fill·ing; back·fisch; back·friend; back·hand·ed; back·heel; back·less; back·lins; back·lot·ter; back·most; …
8plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …
9Back-arc basin — Back arc basins (or retro arc basins) are geologic features, submarine basins associated with island arcs and subduction zones.They are found at some convergent plate boundaries, presently concentrated in the Western Pacific ocean. Most of them… …
10Plate armour — is personal armour made from large metal plates, worn on the chest and sometimes the entire body. History Plate armour protecting the chest and the lower limbs was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans, but it fell into disuse after the collapse… …
