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Plate may refer to:

• Plate (dishware), a broad, mainly flat vessel on which food is served
• Silver (household) or the plate, dishware and cutlery made of sterling, Britannia or Sheffield plate silver
• Plating, the deposition of metallic layers

In science:

• Plate electrode or plate, a type of electrode that formed part of a vacuum tube
• Plate, a physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes
• Plate, an appendage of the Stegosauria

In two-dimensional media:

• Photographic plate, an image-capture medium
• Plate, an intaglio printing mechanism
• Plate, a printing mechanism in lithography

In other uses:

• Plate (surname)
• Plate, Germany, a municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• To plate, to present food on a plate

[edit] See also

• Vehicle registration plate
• Plate armor, body armor made of metal plates
• Home plate
• Tectonic plate in geology
• Tourelle de la Plate, a lighthouse in France,
• Wall plate, vertical building-construction component
• Dynamic compression plate, a metallic plate used in orthopedics for internal fixation of bone

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