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  • 11plate — 1. [TA] In anatomy, a thin, relative flat, structure. SYN: lamina [TA]. 2. A metal bar perforated for screws applied to a fractured bone to maintain the ends in apposition. 3. The agar layer within a Petri dish or similar …

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  • 12plate — A sheet of metal of uniform thickness and even surface. Sonken Galamba Corp. v Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. (DC Mo) 33 F Supp 814. A dish constituting a part of a table service. Metal dishes or ware coated with silver. A holder of false teeth… …

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  • 13dry plate — noun a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light sensitive gelatinous emulsion • Syn: ↑dry plate process • Hypernyms: ↑photography * * * noun : a photographic plate coated with a sensitized silver halide emulsion (as… …

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  • 14wet plate — noun : an iodized collodion coated photographic glass plate exposed while wet after sensitizing in a silver nitrate solution compare collodion process * * * wet plate noun (photography) A plate coated with collodion and sensitized with a salt of… …

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  • 15tin plate — noun a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins • Syn: ↑tinplate • Hypernyms: ↑sheet metal • Substance Holonyms: ↑tinware • Substance Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 16Sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver. [1855 60; named after SHEFFIELD, England] * * * Articles made of copper coated with silver by fusion. The technique was discovered с 1742 by the Sheffield (Yorkshire, Eng.) cutler Thomas Boulsover, who… …

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  • 17dry plate — 1. a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin. 2. Metall. tin plate having patches of dull finish. [1855 60] * * * ▪ photography       in photography, glass plate coated with a… …

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  • 18albumen plate — noun : a plate coated with bichromated albumen used in photolithography * * * a flexible zinc or aluminum printing plate coated with a photosensitive compound, used in offset printing of usually fewer than 50,000 copies. Cf. deep etch plate …

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  • 19Glowing plate — When a vacuum tube circuit malfunctions and draws excessive current, the anode ( plate ) may overheat, sometimes causing a visible red or orange glow. In consumer electronics, this is universally indicative that the tube is experiencing an… …

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  • 20silver plate — 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N n Silver plate is metal that has been coated with a thin layer of silver. They are available in polished brass, antique brass or silver plate. ...silver plate cutlery. 2) N UNCOUNT Silver plate is dishes, bowls, and cups that… …

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