Plate

Plate may refer to a range of objects, which have in common being thin and flat relative to their surroundings or context:

• In heraldry, a silver roundel
• Plate (surname)

Cooking

• Plate (dishware), a broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food
• Tableware, dishware and cutlery made of metal, especially precious metals such as silver (household silver) or gold
• the content of such a plate (for example: Rice plate)
• To present food on a plate
• A forequarter cut of beef

Science

Biology / Medicine

• 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 plate, a shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed

Geology

• Tectonic plate
  • Plate tectonics, the study of the movement of such plates

Physics

• A physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes
• Plate electrode, a type of electrode used in vacuum tubes
• Plate theory, a theory used in continuum mechanics to explain thin solids
• Wilhelmy plate, used to measure tension at an interface between air and a liquid or between two liquids

Technology

• Wall plate, a vertical component used in building construction

Printing and photography

• Printing plate, a printing medium:
  • in intaglio
  • in lithography
• An alternative term for a (part of a) "tipped-in page", a page in a book used to carry one or more images rather than text
  • Approach plate, a chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway
• Photographic plate, a medium from which a photograph may be developed
• Plate camera, an early type of camera that used photographic plates

Metal plates

• Plate (metal), a rectangular flat metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick, not as thin as sheet metal
  • An element of a folding machine
  • 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
  • Plate armour, a body armor made from metal plates

Places

• Plate, Germany, a municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• River Plate (disambiguation)
• Tourelle de la Plate, a lighthouse in France

Sport

• A weight of, typically, 45 lbs (20 kg) in Olympic weightlifting
• Home plate, a location on a baseball field
• Several trophies, such as the County Championship Plate or the Mandela Challenge Plate in rugby union or the Annapolis Subscription Plate in horse racing

Other uses

• Basal plate (disambiguation)
• Faceplate (disambiguation)
• Home plate (disambiguation)

See also

• All pages beginning with "Plate"
• All pages with titles containing Plate
• Plating, the deposition of metallic layers