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  • Thumbnail for Plate tectonics
    Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere...
    112 KB (13,620 words) - 02:43, 4 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Newly licensed driver plate
    An L-plate is a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L, for learner, which must be affixed to the front and/or back of a vehicle in many countries...
    30 KB (4,014 words) - 04:16, 14 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vehicle registration plate
    registration plate, also known as a number plate (British, Indian and Australian English) or license plate (American English) or licence plate (Canadian...
    135 KB (16,368 words) - 00:44, 2 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Movement (clockwork)
    The back plate has various shapes: Full plate movement In this design, used in the earliest pocketwatches until the 18th century, the back plate was also...
    9 KB (1,080 words) - 05:40, 4 November 2023
  • metallic back plate. Because of the prior refraction, the direction of propagation through the back plate is different than it was through the first plate. This...
    12 KB (1,436 words) - 21:33, 20 April 2024
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    Subduction (redirect from Plate subduction)
    lithosphere of a tectonic plate converges with the less dense lithosphere of a second plate, the heavier plate dives beneath the second plate and sinks into the...
    67 KB (8,270 words) - 17:17, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Photographic plate
    Photographic plates preceded photographic film as a capture medium in photography. The light-sensitive emulsion of silver salts was coated on a glass plate, typically...
    19 KB (2,097 words) - 08:44, 20 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Electret microphone
    very comparable performance to other designs. Back electret An electret film is applied to the back plate of the microphone capsule and the diaphragm is...
    7 KB (683 words) - 06:02, 17 May 2024
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    Waveplate (redirect from Wave Plate)
    waveplates are the half-wave plate, which rotates the polarization direction of linearly polarized light, and the quarter-wave plate, which converts between...
    17 KB (2,325 words) - 14:26, 21 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire
    enamel "By me kings reign" (P[er] ME REGES REGNANT; Proverbs 8:15). The Back Right Plate shows the Prophet Isaiah standing and speaking to King Hezekiah, who...
    19 KB (2,511 words) - 02:20, 25 June 2024
  • Vehicle registration plates (commonly referred to as "number plates" in British English) are the alphanumeric plates used to display the registration...
    132 KB (10,199 words) - 19:53, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vehicle registration plates of Malaysia
    Malaysian registration plates are displayed at the front and rear of all private and commercial motorised vehicles in Malaysia, as required by law. The...
    107 KB (9,157 words) - 07:13, 24 June 2024
  • plate inscriptions are historical legal records engraved on copper plates in the Indian subcontinent. Donative inscriptions engraved on copper plates...
    17 KB (2,019 words) - 15:26, 15 May 2024
  • registration plates in Singapore are administered by the Land Transport Authority. All vehicles in Singapore are required to display front and back plates bearing...
    39 KB (3,810 words) - 12:36, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tamil copper-plate inscriptions
    portion of these plates. Vijaynagar Copper Plate Inscriptions at the Dharmeshwara Temple, Kondarahalli, Hoskote Plate 1 and Back Plate 2 A typical Chola...
    6 KB (689 words) - 22:42, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Back-arc basin
    A back-arc basin is a type of geologic basin, found at some convergent plate boundaries. Presently all back-arc basins are submarine features associated...
    26 KB (2,984 words) - 06:12, 29 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Sound post
    top and back plates and held in place by friction. It serves as a structural support for an archtop instrument, transfers sound from the top plate to the...
    3 KB (448 words) - 17:52, 15 May 2022
  • Thumbnail for Purfling
    Purfling is a narrow decorative edge inlaid into the top plate and often the back plate of a stringed instrument. It was originally made of laminated strips...
    4 KB (474 words) - 21:47, 12 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Small Arms Protective Insert
    and smaller side plates. The front and back plates come in five sizes. Their dimensions are the following: Front and back SAPI plates: Extra Small - 1...
    11 KB (1,256 words) - 05:11, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drum brake
    backing plate, brake drum, shoe, wheel cylinder, and various springs and pins. The backing plate provides a base for the other components. The back plate also...
    28 KB (4,139 words) - 12:09, 8 May 2024
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