gb plate
51plate — [n1] dish or meal served bowl, casserole, course, helping, platter, portion, service, serving, trencher; concepts 459,493 plate [n2] sheet, panel coat, disc, flake, foil, lamella, lamina, layer, leaf, plane, print, scale, slab, slice, spangle,… …
52plate-proof — plateˈ proof noun A proof taken from a plate • • • Main Entry: ↑plate …
53plate|let — «PLAYT liht», noun. 1. one of many small disks which float in blood plasma and are involved in clotting. It is one of the three cellular elements of blood. 2. a small or minute plate. ╂[< plate + let] …
54plate tectonics — plate tectonics, n. (Geol.) A geological theory which holds that the crust of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a small number of large separate plates which float and move slowly around on the more plastic asthenosphere, breaking apart …
55Plate-gilled — a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. [1913 Webster] …
56Plate-forme continentale ou insulaire — ● Plate forme continentale ou insulaire partie supérieure immergée des blocs continentaux et des îles, s étendant depuis le niveau des plus basses mers jusqu à la profondeur (entre 100 et 500 m ; moyenne : 130 m) à laquelle il y a habituellement… …
57plate-tombe — ● plate tombe, plates tombes nom féminin Synonyme de dalle tumulaire ou funéraire. (On dit couramment : pierre tombale.) ● plate tombe, plates tombes (synonymes) nom féminin Synonymes : dalle funéraire dalle tumulaire …
58plate armor — plate′ ar mor n. her armor made from pieces of plate • Etymology: 1795–1805 …
59plate glass — plate′ glass′ n. cer a soda lime silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished and used in large windows, mirrors, etc • Etymology: 1720–30 …
60plate tectonics — plate′ tecton′ics n. gel a geologic theory that describes the earth s crust as divided into a number of rigid plates, movement of which accounts for such phenomena as continental drift and the distribution of earthquakes • Etymology: 1965–70… …
