Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thin layer of metal, such as gold or silver, deposited on or applied to a surface.
- noun A coating of metal sheets or plates.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or operation of covering articles with a thin coating or film of metal, especially of overlaying articles made of the baser metals with a thin coating of gold, silver, or nickel.
- noun A thin coating of one metal laid upon another.
- noun In bacterial., the pouring of liquefied gelatin or agar-agar containing a mixed culture of bacteria upon a glass plate or into a Petri dish, where the medium hardens and thus permits the isolation of specific organisms. Also
plating-out . - noun In iron ship-building, the plates, collectively, arranged in strakes covering any part: as, side-plating, the plates forming the outer skin of the vessel above the turn of the bilge; bottom-plating, the plates forming the outer bottom of a vessel below the turn of the bilge; deck-plating, the covering of the deck-beams, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition.
- noun A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
- noun A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
plate . - noun philately An act of determining where a
postage stamp ispositioned on asheet . - noun A thin
coating ofmetal laid upon another metal. - noun A coating or
defensive armour of metal plates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
- noun a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
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Examples
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Gold plating is widely used in many quality pieces.
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The package, described by analysts as "economic armor-plating", is unlikely to be required in its entirety, but provides a buffer against unexpected volatility or currency speculation.
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The package, described by analysts as "economic armor-plating", is unlikely to be required in its entirety, but provides a buffer against unexpected volatility or currency speculation.
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The plain gilt button, which was extensively used in the early part of the present century, was made from an alloy called plating metal, which contained a larger proportion of copper and less zinc than ordinary brass.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 Various
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"Cubic water" crystal clear above the cloak also dotted with countless white bright spot, known as plating, they can change the direction of the light, the effect of a thermal insulation astigmatism.
博客天下 inutwiymed 2008
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All week I was visting my parents ie not in lab and every other night I had a vivid as hell dream about really banal lab tasks, such as plating cells, loading gels, and explaining lamellipodia formation to the new grad student.
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The body of the car is sheathed with steel plating which is bullet proof against rifle or even shrapnel fire.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
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Taking that basic idea of flavoring as opposed to Western cuisine, (in) which you just boil an egg, so by flavoring with a little tea and soy, and by deconstructing it, separating the yolk from the white, I came up with a Western-style plating which is a parfait which is a layered construction.
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily SuperUser Account 2010
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Taking that basic idea of flavoring as opposed to Western cuisine, (in) which you just boil an egg, so by flavoring with a little tea and soy, and by deconstructing it, separating the yolk from the white, I came up with a Western-style plating which is a parfait which is a layered construction.
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily SuperUser Account 2010
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Taking that basic idea of flavoring as opposed to Western cuisine, (in) which you just boil an egg, so by flavoring with a little tea and soy, and by deconstructing it, separating the yolk from the white, I came up with a Western-style plating which is a parfait which is a layered construction.
reesetee commented on the word plating
Reconstructing a stamp pane by collecting blocks and individual stamps representing various positions. The process is possible for many older issues of stamps, but most modern issues are too uniform to make the identification of individual positions possible.
August 27, 2008