Definition of Plates

1. Noun. (plural of plate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plates

1. plate [v] - See also: plate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plates

platels
platemaker
platemakers
platemaking
platemakings
plateman
platemen
platen
platencin
platens
platensimycin
plateosaurus
plater
plateresque
platers
plates (current term)
plates of meat
platesful
platetrope
plateway
plateways
platey
platform
platform bed
platform boot
platform boots
platform game
platform games
platform rocker
platform screen door

Literary usage of Plates

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The regular method of work was to make three poured plates (checks) from the ... As soon as the thawing was completed, three more poured plates were made, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"4) involves the same principle. where d and d' are the distances of the fixed and movable plates from one another in the two cases, and A is some constant. ..."

3. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Gelatine plates were used, which were backed with a solution of asphaltum in benzole. After some trials 1 satisfied myself that an appearance peculiarly ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"A Century of Birds from the Himalayan Mountains,' 80 plates, 1832. 2. ... 'Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the adjacent Islands,' 1837-8, 72 plates. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The regular method of work was to make three poured plates (checks) from the ... As soon as the thawing was completed, three more poured plates were made, ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"4) involves the same principle. where d and d' are the distances of the fixed and movable plates from one another in the two cases, and A is some constant. ..."

7. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Gelatine plates were used, which were backed with a solution of asphaltum in benzole. After some trials 1 satisfied myself that an appearance peculiarly ..."

8. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"A Century of Birds from the Himalayan Mountains,' 80 plates, 1832. 2. ... 'Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the adjacent Islands,' 1837-8, 72 plates. ..."

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