Plate may refer to:
- Plate (dishware)
- Plate (structures), in mechanics
- A flat piece of metal used in orthopedics to connect the two parts of a broken bone, such as a dynamic compression plate
- Plate armor, body armor made of metal plates
- Plate electrode, part of a vacuum tube
- Home plate, a piece of equipment in baseball
- Photographic plate, a type of film
- Printing plate, in lithography
- A lithograph bound into a book, especially when the book is otherwise letterpress printed
- River Plate, a river in Uruguay and Argentina
- Steel plate, sheet metal in a thicker form
- Tectonic plate, in geology
- Vehicle registration plate
- A sub-class of Culture GSV
- Theoretical plate in separation processes
- Appendages of dinosaurs of the infraorders Stegosauria and Ankylosauria
- Roundel argent, in British heraldry
- Sterling silver cutlery and dishware
- Plating
- Wall plate - horizontal structural elements at the top and bottom of a wall in platform framing building construction methodology. Unglazed platesjpg|thumb|A set of plates before being glazed at a Pottery shop A shallow foundation is a type of foundation which transfers building loads to the earth very near the surface rather than to a subsurface layer or a range of depths as does Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (also spelled orthopaedics) is the branch of Surgery concerned with injuries to or conditions involving the A bone fracture (sometimes abbreviated # or Fx or Fx) is a medical condition in which a Bone is cracked or broken A dynamic compression plate (DCP is a metallic plate used in orthopedics for internal fixation of Bone, typically after fractures. Plate armour is personal Armour made from large Metal plates worn on the Chest and sometimes the entire Body. See Anode.A plate is a type of Electrode that formed part of a Vacuum tube. A baseball field or baseball diamond is the field upon which the game of Baseball is played Photographic plates preceded Photographic film as a mean of photography Lithography is a method for Printing using a plate or stone with a completely smooth surface A Book is a set or collection of written printed illustrated or blank sheets made of Paper, Parchment, or other material usually fastened together Letterpress printing is a term for Printing text with Movable type, in which the raised surface of the type is Inked and then pressed against a smooth The Río de la Plata ( Spanish: " Silver River" &mdash which is often referred to in English-speaking countries as the River Plate Sheet metal is simply Metal formed into thin and flat pieces It is one of the fundamental forms used in Metalworking, and can be cut and bent into a variety Plate tectonics (from Greek τέκτων tektōn "builder" or "mason" describes the large scale motions of Earth 's Lithosphere A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a Motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes The Culture is a Fictional anarchist, socialistic, and Utopian ref> The State of the Art - Banks Iain M List of ships (The Culture The fictional universe of The Culture, created by Iain M Banks, contains a wide range of space vessels types most of which contain sentient A theoretical plate in many Separation processes is a hypothetical zone or stage in which two phases such as the Liquid and Vapor phases of a substance Known colloquially as stegosaurs the Stegosauria are a group of herbivorous Dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Periods Ankylosauria is a group of Herbivorous Dinosaurs of the order Ornithischia. A roundel in Heraldry is any circular shape in military use it is an Emblem of nationality employed on military aircraft and air force flags generally round and Sterling silver is an Alloy of Silver containing 925% pure silver and 7 Plating describes surface-covering where a Metal is deposited on a conductive surface A Wall plate, a structural element in the "Light frame construction" method known as Platform framing, is a horizontally laid structural element Framing, in construction known as light frame construction, is a building technique based around structural members usually called studs, which provide a stable In Architecture, Construction, Engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following Any man-made In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure
- Wall plates are variously described as prefaced by the words: Sill, top, bottom, ceiling, floor, or base.
The Tourelle de la Plate, also known as Petite Vieille (little old woman is a lighthouse in the dangerous strait Raz de Sein off the northwest coast of Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is an Argentine Sports club best known for its football Christina Plate (b 21 April, 1965 in Berlin, Germany) is a German Actress. Plate is a municipality in the district of Parchim, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
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