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41plate — plate1 plateless, adj. platelike, adj. /playt/, n., v., plated, plating. n. 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. the contents of such a dish; plateful. 3. an entire course of a meal… …
42plate — n. & v. n. 1 a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is eaten or served. b the contents of this (ate a plate of sandwiches). 2 a similar vessel usu. of metal or wood, used esp. for making a collection in a… …
43Plate burner — A plate burner is part of the CTF print workflow. In a CTF workflow, a film is produced directly from a RIP. This film is then placed on a plate, on the plate burner. Registration of the plate and film is controlled by a pin grid, which both the… …
44plate — [[t]pleɪt[/t]] n. v. plat•ed, plat•ing 1) a shallow, usu. circular dish from which food is eaten 2) the contents of such a dish; plateful 3) an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: a vegetable plate[/ex] 4) the food and service for one… …
45Printing telegraph — Telegraph Tel e*graph, n. [Gr. ? far, far off (cf. Lith. toli) + graph: cf. F. t[ e]l[ e]graphe. See {Graphic}.] An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted… …
46plate block — noun : a plate number block * * * Philately. a block of four or more stamps containing the number or numbers of the printing plate or plates in the margin of the sheet. * * * plate block, Philately. a group of four or more connected stamps with… …
47printing frame — Photog. a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing. [1870 75] * * * …
48printing frame — noun : a holder in which a photographic negative or positive is held in uniform close contact with sensitized material for exposing the latter to light in order to make a print * * * Photog. a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one… …
49printing ink — a type of ink that flows smoothly, dries quickly, and is of a consistency able to hold enough color to make printed matter legible: used to transfer the image on a press plate to the printing surface. [1670 80] * * * …
50printing form — noun An object, usually in the shape of a block or a plate, used in printing to apply ink on the printed surface …
