Plate

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:

• Plate electrode or plate, a type of electrode that formed part of a vacuum tube
• Plate, a physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes
• Plate, an appendage of the Stegosauria
• Tectonic plate in geology

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:

• Plate (surname)
• Plate, Germany, a municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Plate (metal), rectangular metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick
• To plate, to present food on a plate

See also

• River Plate (disambiguation)
• Vehicle registration plate
• Plate armour, body armor made of metal plates
• Plate theory, a continuum mechanics theory to explain thin solids
• Home plate
• Tourelle de la Plate, a lighthouse in France,
• Wall plate, vertical building-construction component
• Dynamic compression plate, a metallic plate used in orthopedics for internal fixation of bone