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 ...

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

tableware Tableware is any dish or dishware used for setting a table, serving food, and dining. It includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, and other items for practical as well as decorative purposes. The quality, nature, variety and number of obj ...

, 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

Places

Plate, Germany Plate () is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. File:Kirche Peckatel.jpg, Church File:Kirche Consrade.jpg, Church File:Kirche Plate.jpg, Church File:Plate Störkanal.jpg, Stör-channel File:P ...

, a municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 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) ** ...

Tourelle de la Plate The Tourelle de la Plate, also known as Petite Vieille (Little Old Woman) is a lighthouse in the dangerous strait ''Raz de Sein'', off the northwest coast of France, belonging to the departement of Finistère in the region of Brittany. Its compa ...

, a 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 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

Geology

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

Plate tectonics Plate tectonics (from the la, label= Late Latin, tectonicus, from the grc, τεκτονικός, lit=pertaining to building) is the generally accepted scientific theory that considers the Earth's lithosphere to comprise a number of large t ...

, the study of the movement of such plates

Physics

* Plate, a physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes * Plate electrode, a 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 re ...

, a concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory * Plate trick, a 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, a 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". Ot ...

, 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 ...

, a vertical component used in building construction

Electronics

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

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

Printing and photography

Photographic plate Photographic plates preceded photographic film as a capture medium in photography, and were still used in some communities up until the late 20th century. The light-sensitive emulsion of silver salts was coated on a glass plate, typically thi ...

, a medium from which a photograph may be developed **

Plate camera A camera is an optical instrument that can capture an image. Most cameras can capture 2D images, with some more advanced models being able to capture 3D images. At a basic level, most cameras consist of sealed boxes (the camera body), with a ...

, an 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 e ...

, a 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 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 the German ...

, 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

Transportation

Approach plate Approach plates (or, more formally, instrument approach procedure charts) are the printed charts of instrument approach procedures that pilots use to fly instrument approaches during instrument flight rules (IFR) operations. Each country maintain ...

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

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 ke ...

s used on North American railroads

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 ** Plate, an element of a folding machine **

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, ...

, a body armor made from metal plates **

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

(license plate), a sign attached to a vehicle in order to identify it ***

L-plate An L-plate is a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L, for ''learner'', which must be affixed to the front and/or back of a vehicle in many countries if its driver is a learner under instruction, or a motorcycle rider with provisional entit ...

(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

Sport

* Home plate, a location on a baseball field * Several trophies, e.g., **

Annapolis Subscription Plate Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about e ...

, 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

Other uses

* Plate (surname) * Plate, in heraldry, a

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 diffe ...

''argent'' (white/silver)