center plate

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noun Railroads.

one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate ) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate ) is part of the car truck.

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Origin of center plate

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby center plate

center of percussion, center of symmetry, centerpiece, center pin, center-pivot irrigation, center plate, centerpunch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, center spread, Centerville, center-weighted light meter

How to use center plate in a sentence

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