Plate

• Plate (dishware), broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food • Plates, tableware, dishes or dishware used for setting a table, serving food and dining • Plate, the content of such a plate (for example: rice plate) • Plate, to present food, on a plate • Plate, forequarter cut of beef == Places ==

• Plate, Germany, municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany • Plate, borough of Lüchow, Lower Saxony, Germany • River Plate (disambiguation) • Tourelle de la Plate, lighthouse in France == Science and technology ==

Biology and medicine • Plate (anatomy), several meanings • Dental plate, also known as dentures • Dynamic compression plate, metallic plate used in orthopedics to fix bone • Microtiter plate (or microplate or microwell plate), flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes • Orthopedic plate, internal fixation used in orthopaedic surgery • Petri dish or Petri plate, shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed Geology • Tectonic plate, pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere • Plate tectonics, the study of the movement of such plates Physics • Plate, physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes • Plate electrode, type of electrode used in vacuum tubes • Plate (structure), concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory • Plate trick, mathematical demonstration of quaternions and particle spins • Wilhelmy plate, used to measure tension at an interface between air and a liquid or between two liquids Construction • Anchor plate, large plate connected to a tie rod or bolt for structural reinforcement • Sill plate, the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached • Wall plate, vertical component used in building construction Electronics • Anodes, electrodes used in vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) and similar devices Printing and photography • Photographic plate, medium from which a photograph may be developed • Plate camera, early type of camera that used photographic plates • Printing plate,printing medium: • Plate, in Intaglio (printmaking), the direct opposite of a relief print • Plate, in lithography, method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water • Plate, a (part of a) "tipped-in page", separately-printed page in a book used to carry one or more images Transportation • Approach plate, chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway • Plate B, Plate C, ... , Plate H, loading gauges used on North American railroads == Metal plates ==

• Plate (metal), rectangular flat metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick, not as thin as sheet metal • Plate, element of a folding machine • Plate armour, body armor made from metal plates • Vehicle registration plate (license plate), sign attached to a vehicle in order to identify it • L-plate (learner plate), sign attached to a vehicle to indicate that the driver has a provisional driving license • Plated, item with a deposition of metallic layers == Sport ==

• Home plate, location on a baseball field • Several trophies, e.g., • Annapolis Subscription Plate, in horse racing • County Championship Plate, in rugby union • Mandela Challenge Plate, in rugby union • Weight plate, flat, heavy object, usually made of iron, used in strength training or weightlifting == Other uses ==

• Plate (surname) • Plate, in heraldry, Roundel argent (white/silver) == See also ==