endplate
Britishnoun
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any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
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physiol the flattened end of a motor nerve fibre, which transmits impulses to muscle
Example Sentences
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Although the incident broke the car's front-wind endplate, Alonso kept it largely under control and out of the barriers as it slid wildly up the kerb on the outside of the circuit.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The collision tore off Leclerc's left-front endplate but it did not seem to compromise him and he tracked Hamilton through the first stint, following in his wheel tracks up to the first pit stops.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025
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
In doing so, it resulted in contact between the two for the first time, with Rosberg’s right front-wing endplate clipping Hamilton’s left-rear tyre.
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2014
This, it had been known, acts on an "endplate" in the muscle.
From Time Magazine Archive
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