quarter plate

British

noun

a photographic plate measuring 3 1/ 4 × 4 1/ 4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)

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The quarter plate of hot chicken served with french fries.

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Most of my exposures are made with an Adams Minex Reflex camera, quarter plate size.

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The spectrum will be seen on the ground glass, probably equal in dimensions to that of a quarter plate.

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The red should just be seen along the left edge of the quarter plate.

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There is really no difficulty in cutting strips a quarter of an inch wide, the lengthway of a quarter plate.

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