Plate

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Plate may refer to:

  • Plate (dishware), a broad, mainly flat vessel on which food is served
  • Silver (household) or the plate, dishware and cutlery made of sterling, Britannia or Sheffield plate silver
  • Plating, the deposition of metallic layers

In science:

In two-dimensional media:

  • Photographic plate, an image-capture medium
  • Plate, an intaglio printing mechanism
  • Plate, a printing mechanism in lithography
  • Plate, a term in book design, meaning an image added on a separate page. This is derived from the lithographic use, where such images were printed separately then bound into the book in groups.

In other uses:

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