Plate - Wiki slovník

Plate may refer to:

Cooking

Plate (dishware), a 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, a forequarter cut of beef

Plate (anatomy), several meanings
Dental plate, also known as dentures
Dynamic compression plate, a metallic plate used in orthopedics to fix bone
Microtiter plate (or microplate or microwell plate), a flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes
Petri dish or Petri plate, a shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed

Tectonic plate, are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere
- Plate tectonics, the study of the movement of such plates

Plate, a physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes
Plate electrode, a type of electrode used in vacuum tubes
Plate (structure), a concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory
Plate trick, a 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

Anchor plate, a 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, a vertical component used in building construction

Photographic plate, a medium from which a photograph may be developed
- Plate camera, an early type of camera that used photographic plates
Printing plate, a printing medium:
- Plate, in Intaglio (printmaking), the direct opposite of a relief print
- Plate, in lithography, a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water
- Plate, a (part of a) "tipped-in page", a separately-printed page in a book used to carry one or more images

Approach plate, a chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway
Plate B, Plate C, ... , Plate H, different loading gauges used on North American railroads

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

Home plate, a 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, a flat, heavy object, usually made of iron, used in strength training or weightlifting