Plate
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Plate has several meanings:
- A plate electrode in a vacuum tube.
- In geology, a tectonic plate is a piece of the Earth's crust; see also Plate tectonics.
- A plate is an item of dishware.
- Plate is also a mainly British, mainly antiquated term for silver-plated cutlery.
- In British heraldry, a plate is a roundel argent.
- Home plate is a piece of equipment in baseball.
- A license plate is used to display automobile registration numbers.
- Plate such as steel plate is sheet metal in a thicker form, such as is used for boilermaking or shipbuilding. The footplate of a steam locomotive was made of such plate. Its thickness starts at about a centimetre or 1/4 inch.