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Definition of Finger plate

1. Noun. A flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Finger Plate

Literary usage of Finger plate

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

1. The Marine Steam Turbine: A Practical Illustrated Description of the Parsons by John William Major Sothern (1920)
"Finger-Plate Readings.—The finger-plate readings are occasionally so indexed that when the thrust surfaces are in close contact or " hard up " the finger ..."

2. The Marine Steam Turbine by John William Major Sothern (1916)
"The " finger-plate " method of testing the dummy clearance is now giving place to the micrometer gauge, which gives a much more reliable reading. ..."

3. The Marine Steam Turbine: A Practical Description of Parson's Marine Turbine by John William Major Sothern (1906)
"A small flat plate, called a " finger plate," is pinned down to part of the lower casing frame at the forward end, and the edge of the plate I. finger plate ..."

4. Steam Turbine Design: With Especial Reference to the Reaction Type by John Morrow (1911)
"finger plate Gauge.—The method of measuring and recording the dummy clearance by means of a finger plate, referred to in the preceding paragraph, ..."

5. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck, Geographical Society of Baltimore (1905)
"The interesting feature in his case was the perfect symmetry of the right hand and foot, although the hand possessed an extra little finger (Plate LXXIX, ..."

6. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1841)
"There are two catches near the extremity of this rod, which come into contact with a finger plate attached to the carriage, by which means the first and ..."

7. The Marine Steam Turbine (second Edition). A Practical Description of the by John William Major Sothern (1906)
"A small flat plate, called a " finger plate," is pinned down to part of the lower casing frame at the forward end, and the edge of the plate "Finger-plate" ..."

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