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index plate

noun

, Machinery.
  1. a plate perforated with rows of different numbers of equally spaced holes as a guide for indexing work.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of index plate1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

The circular index plate n had marked on it opposite the respective levers the letters and characters represented by said levers.

The gearing to use for various numbers of flutes is shown by an index plate on the attachment.

This fuze is opened at the required number of seconds, by cutting close to the right of the mark on the index-plate.

Fig. 1887 is an end view partly in section to show the construction of the worm shaft and the index plate.

A device used in connection with an index plate to denote the holes to be used in any particular division of a circle.

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