floor plate

American  

[flawr playt] / ˈflɔr ˌpleɪt /

noun

plural

floor plates

1. a piece of metal which forms part of a floor, and which may contain slots for mounting machinery or fixtures.

2. the amount of space on a given floor of a building which can be rented out.

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Example Sentences

The woman's lower body fell through the faulty travelator, which had a missing floor plate, last Thursday.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

“A deep office floor plate is just as hard here as it is in Kansas,” said Robert Fuller, a principal and studio director with the architecture and design firm Gensler based in New York.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2023

In the levels above, pieces of cantilevered floor plate jut into the space, creating cinematic balconies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022

FB, forebrain; FP, floor plate; H, heart; HB, hindbrain; L, lens; M, melanocytes; MB, midbrain; O, otic vesicle; SC, spinal cord.

From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016

The back of the setting, where the rear cleaning is done, is provided with a sliding floor plate, which is used when the upper tubes are being cleaned.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous