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Definition of Faceplate

1. Noun. A protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component).

Definition of Faceplate

1. Noun. A removable protective shield separating the inner workings of a machine from operator and observer. ¹

2. Noun. A rigid flat surface that has an active role in the interaction of a device with an operator or user. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Faceplate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Faceplate

Literary usage of Faceplate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Shop Practice: A General Reference Work by Howard Monroe Raymond, American Technical Society (1917)
"... of faceplate. It is sometimes advisable to use cores even if it is quite possible to construct the pattern so that it would core its own holes. ..."

2. Machine Shop Work: A Comprehensive Manual of Approved Shop Methods by Frederick Warren Turner, Charles Oscar Eugene Perrigo, Howard Parker Fairfield, American Technical Society (1919)
"Heavy faceplate Attachments. The attachments usually furnished without extra charge are a large faceplate of the full swing of the lathe, a center rest, ..."

3. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnology (1992)
"... incorporated into the faceplate; • Large-size prescription lenses can be bonded permanently to the inner faceplate surface; • Lenses can be mounted in a ..."

4. Modern Toolmaking Methods: A Treatise Om Precision Dividing and Locating by Franklin Day Jones (1915)
"After it is strapped to the faceplate, each of the holes is bored in its correct position by the usual method of setting first one and then the other of the ..."

5. Patternmaking: A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Patterns by Joseph Atkinson Shelly (1920)
"A small boss cast on pieces that cannot otherwise be fastened conveniently to a faceplate (see example A, Fig. 3) or a bridge left in each end of a hollow ..."

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