index plate

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noun Machinery.

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

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Origin of index plate

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby index plate

index mineral, index number, Index of Industrial Production, index of refraction, index patient, index plate, index set, India, India chintz, India ink, Indiaman

How to use index plate in a sentence

The circular index plate n had marked on it opposite the respective levers the letters and characters represented by said levers.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.|Edward W. Byrn
The gearing to use for various numbers of flutes is shown by an index plate on the attachment.
Turning and Boring|Franklin D. Jones
This fuze is opened at the required number of seconds, by cutting close to the right of the mark on the index-plate.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy.|Bureau of Ordnance, USN
Fig. 1887 is an end view partly in section to show the construction of the worm shaft and the index plate.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose

A device used in connection with an index plate to denote the holes to be used in any particular division of a circle.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose