surface plate

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noun

Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.

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Also called planometer.

Origin of surface plate

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby surface plate

surface mail, surface noise, surface of light and shade, surface of projection, surface of revolution, surface plate, surface-printing, surface-ripened, surface road, surface structure, surface tension

How to use surface plate in a sentence

Prepare surface plate culture of the organism to be cultivated.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
Holding the piece of spleen in the forceps, dab the cut surface on to a surface plate in a number of different spots.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
Make cultivations, tube and surface plate, and cover-slip preparations from this situation.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
To determine this a surface plate, as it is called, is needed.
The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration|Charles Franklin Warner

Its weak point was the liability of the surface plate to crack through under fire and become detached from its iron backing.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various

British Dictionary definitions for surface plate

surface plate

noun

another name for faceplate (def. 2)

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