endplate

British

/ 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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Norris touched the Red Bull, damaging the McLaren's front wing endplate, and that bounced him side-on into Piastri, whose momentum was checked, allowing Norris to move ahead into third place.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

The debris was Verstappen's front wing endplate but its loss seemed not to slow him down.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023

Finally, because porous endplates allow new nerves to grow into the endplate bone, causing sensitivity, the authors looked at whether senescent osteoclasts play a role in this process.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

A climactic finale was only denied when Rindt was forced to pit with a loose endplate that was damaging az tyre.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2019

This, it had been known, acts on an "endplate" in the muscle.

From Time Magazine Archive

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