Plate may refer to:

Cooking

* 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

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, 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)