quartz plate
1quartz plate — noun : a piece of quartz crystal cut in such a way as to be active piezoelectrically; specifically : such a plate mounted with metal electrodes applied to its surfaces so that the combination is or resembles a condenser compare piezoelectric… …
2quartz plate — Electronics. a carefully cut quartz crystal that is piezoelectrically active. Cf. crystal (def. 10). * * * …
3quartz plate — /ˈkwɔts pleɪt/ (say kwawts playt) noun a carefully cut quartz crystal which is piezoelectrically active. See crystal (def. 11) …
4Quartz clock — A quartz clock is a clock that uses an electronic oscillator that is regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency, so that quartz clocks are at least an order of magnitude more… …
5quartz — quartzose /kwawrt sohs/, quartzous /kwawrt seuhs/, adj. /kwawrts/, n. one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO2, having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony …
6Quartz crystal microbalance — A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measures a mass per unit area by measuring the change in frequency of a quartz crystal resonator. The resonance is disturbed by the addition or removal of a small mass due to oxide growth/decay or film… …
7Quartz — This article is about the mineral. For other uses, see Quartz (disambiguation). Quartz Quartz crystal cluster from Tibet General Category …
8quartz crystal — noun a thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequency; used in crystal oscillators • Hypernyms: ↑quartz * * * quartz crystal noun A disc or rod cut in certain …
9Surface plate — A surface plate is a solid, flat plate used as the main horizontal reference plane for precision inspection, marking out (layout), and tooling setup. The surface plate is often used as the baseline for all measurements to the workpiece, therefore …
10Gold plate — Gold Gold (g[=o]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See {Yellow}, and cf. {Gild}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Chem.) A… …
