end plate

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noun

Mining. one of the shorter members of a set.Compare wall plate (def. 3).

Cell Biology. a specialized area on the surface of a muscle fiber where a motor neuron makes contact with the muscle, consisting of an irregularly shaped trough into which the terminal portion of the axon fits.

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Origin of end plate

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby end plate

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How to use end plate in a sentence

The elbows at the terminals of the end plate are carved to represent grotesque heads (Fig. 253).
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties|D.C. Beard
Fig. 264 shows a standing fir-tree and also shows what cuts to make in order to get the right-shaped log for an end plate.
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties|D.C. Beard
End plate blew out while being caulked at a jump joint in back angle iron.
Records of Steam Boiler Explosions|Edward Bindon Marten
The tube collapsed beyond the bridge, and the back part with the back end plate was blown out to a great distance.
Records of Steam Boiler Explosions|Edward Bindon Marten

Affix two or more of these on the inner face of the bottom end plate.
The Potter's Craft|Charles F. Binns

British Dictionary definitions for end plate

endplate

/ (ˈɛndˌpleɪt) /

noun

any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something

physiol the flattened end of a motor nerve fibre, which transmits impulses to muscle

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