Plate may refer to:

Cooking

Plate (dishware) A plate is a broad, mainly flat vessel on which food can be served. A plate can also be used for ceremonial or decorative purposes. Most plates are circular, but they may be any shape, or made of any water-resistant material. Generally plate ...

, broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food * Plates,

tableware Tableware items are the dishware and utensils used for setting a table, serving food, and dining. The term includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, serving utensils, and other items used for practical as well as decorative purposes. The ...

, 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) River Plate may refer to: * Río de la Plata, a river and large estuary between Argentina and Uruguay **Río de la Plata Basin, the basin of the river * Club Atlético River Plate, an Argentine sports club ** Club Atlético River Plate (women) ** E ...

* Tourelle de la Plate, lighthouse in France

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Plate (anatomy) A plate in animal anatomy may refer to several things: Flat bones (examples: bony plates, dermal plates) of vertebrates * an appendage of the Stegosauria group of dinosaurs * articulated armoured plates covering the head of thorax of Placodermi ...

, several meanings * Dental plate, also known as dentures *

Dynamic compression plate A dynamic compression plate (DCP) is a metallic plate used in orthopedics for internal fixation of bone, typically after fractures. As the name implies, it is designed to exert dynamic pressure between the bone fragments to be transfixed. Dynamic ...

, 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 An orthopedic plate is a form of internal fixation used in orthopaedic surgery to hold fractures in place to allow bone healing and to reduce the possibility of nonunion. Most modern plates include bone screws to help the orthopedic plate stay in ...

, internal fixation used in orthopaedic surgery *

Petri dish A Petri dish (alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-culture dish) is a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to hold growth medium in which cells can be cultured,R. C. Dubey (2014): ''A Textbook Of Biotechnology For Class- ...

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

Geology

Tectonic plate Plate tectonics (, ) is the scientific theory that the Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of , an idea developed durin ...

, pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere **

Plate tectonics Plate tectonics (, ) is the scientific theory that the Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of , an idea developed durin ...

, the study of the movement of such plates

Physics

* Plate, physical approximation of a

theoretical plate A theoretical plate in many separation processes is a hypothetical zone or stage in which two phases, such as the liquid and vapor phases of a substance, establish an equilibrium with each other. Such equilibrium stages may also be referred to as ...

in separation processes *

Plate electrode 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: ...

, type of electrode used in vacuum tubes *

Plate (structure) A plate is a structural element which is characterized by a three-dimensional solid whose thickness is very small when compared with other dimensions. The effects of the loads that are expected to be applied on it only generate stresses whose res ...

, concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory * Plate trick, mathematical demonstration of quaternions and particle spins *

Wilhelmy plate A Wilhelmy plate is a thin plate that is used to measure equilibrium surface or interfacial tension at an air–liquid or liquid–liquid interface. In this method, the plate is oriented perpendicular to the interface, and the force exerted on ...

, used to measure tension at an interface between air and a liquid or between two liquids

Construction

Anchor plate An anchor plate, floor plate or wall washer is a large plate or washer (hardware), washer connected to a tie rod or Screw, bolt. Anchor plates are used on exterior walls of masonry buildings, for structural reinforcement against lateral bowing. ...

, large plate connected to a tie rod or bolt for structural reinforcement *

Sill plate A sill plate or sole plate in construction and architecture is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached. The word "plate" is typically omitted in America and carpenters speak simply of the "sill". ...

, the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached *

Wall plate A plate or wall plate is a horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in wooden building framing. Timber framing A plate in timber framing is "A piece of Timber upon which some considerable weight is framed...Hence Ground-Plate...Window-plat ...

, vertical component used in building construction

Electronics

Anode An anode usually is an electrode of a polarized electrical device through which conventional current enters the device. This contrasts with a cathode, which is usually an electrode of the device through which conventional current leaves the devic ...

s, electrodes used in vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) and similar devices

Printing and photography

Photographic plate Photographic plates preceded film as the primary medium for capturing images in photography. These plates, made of metal or glass and coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, were integral to early photographic processes such as heliography, d ...

, medium from which a photograph may be developed **

Plate camera A camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. As a pivotal technology in the fields of photograp ...

, early type of camera that used photographic plates *

Printing plate Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

,printing medium: ** Plate, in

Intaglio (printmaking) Intaglio ( ; ) is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink. It is the direct opposite of a relief print where the parts of the matrix that ...

, the direct opposite of a relief print ** Plate, in

lithography Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the miscibility, immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by ...

, method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water ** Plate, a (part of a) "

tipped-in page In the book trade, a tipped-in page or tipped-in plate is a page that is printed separately from the main text of the book, but attached to the book. The page may be glued onto a regular page or even bound along with the other pages. There are va ...

", separately-printed page in a book used to carry one or more images

Transportation

Approach plate Approach may refer to: Aviation *Visual approach *Instrument approach *Final approach (aeronautics), Final approach Music * Approach (album), ''Approach'' (album), by Von Hertzen Brothers * ''The Approach'', an album by I:Scintilla Other uses *A ...

, chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway * Plate B, Plate C, ... , Plate H,

loading gauge A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads. Their purpose is to ensure that rail vehicles can pass safely through tunnels and under bridges, and k ...

s used on North American railroads

Metal plates

Plate (metal) Structural steel is steel used for making construction materials in a variety of shapes. Many structural steel shapes take the form of an elongated beam having a profile of a specific cross section. Structural steel shapes, sizes, chemical comp ...

, 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 A folding machine is a machine used primarily for the folding of paper. Folding is the sharp-edged bending of paper webs or sheets under pressure at a prepared or unprepared bending point along a straight line according to specified dimensions and ...

Plate armour Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer. Full plate steel armour developed in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, es ...

, body armor made from metal plates **

Vehicle registration plate A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British, Indian and Australian English), license plate (American English) or licence plate (Canadian English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for ...

(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 Plating is a finishing process in which a metal is deposited on a surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to improve solderab ...

, item with a deposition of metallic layers

Sport

Home plate A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers ...

, 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 weight plate is a flat, heavy object, usually made of cast iron, that is used in combination with barbells or dumbbells to produce a bar with a desired total weight for the purpose of physical exercise. Two general categories exist: "standar ...

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

Other uses

* Plate (surname) * Plate, in heraldry,

Roundel A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of differ ...

''argent'' (white/silver)