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Plate Piece Sheet Metal Chemicals Printing Carved Specially

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In printing, a p____ is a sheet of metal which is carved or specially treated with chemicals so that it can be used to print text or pictures.In printing, a plate is a sheet of metal which is carved or specially treated with chemicals so that it can be used to print text or pictures.
word plate
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A plate is a round or oval flat dish that is used to hold food.
Anita pushed her plate away; she had eaten virtually nothing.
...a huge plate of spaghetti.
A plate is a flat piece of metal, especially on machinery or a building.
A plate is a small, flat piece of metal with someone's name written on it, which you usually find beside the front door of an office or house.
On a road vehicle, the plates are the panels at the front and back which display the license number in the United States, and the registration number in Britain.
...dusty-looking cars with New Jersey plates.
Plate is dishes, bowls, and cups that are made of precious metal, especially silver or gold.
...gold and silver plate, jewellery, and roomfuls of antique furniture.
In printing, a plate is a sheet of metal which is carved or specially treated with chemicals so that it can be used to print text or pictures.
In photography, a plate is a thin sheet of glass that is covered with a layer of chemicals which react to the light and on which an image can be formed.
A plate in a book is a picture or photograph which takes up a whole page and is usually printed on better quality paper than the rest of the book.
Fermor's book has 55 colour plates.
In a microscope, the plate is a small rectangular piece of glass onto which you put a small amount of the substance that you want to look at. You then slide the plate under the microscope to look at the substance.
A dental plate is a piece of plastic which is shaped to fit inside a person's mouth and which a set of false teeth is attached to.
In geology, a plate is a large piece of the Earth's surface, perhaps as large as a continent, which moves very slowly.
The United States Geological Survey has revealed that the earthquake was not caused by a simple horizontal movement of one plate past another.
In baseball, the plate is the same as the home plate .
inflections plates
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