Collocations withplate
These are words often used in combination withplate.
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agar plate
Bacterial colonies grew quasi-two-dimensionally on the agar plate surface.
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backing plate
The rigid backing plate merely passively reflects the sound that is transmitted through the perforated screen.
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bony plate
The zygomatic plate, a bony plate at the side of the skull, was broad.
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brass plate
The copper mirror is supported by a thick brass plate, to the underside of which is glued an electrical heater.
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bronze plate
A leather cord with an amber bead and bronze plate were around the neck.
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ceramic plate
The media included watercolor, oil painting, serigraph, lithograph, etching, collage, ceramic plate, sculpture and mixed media.
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collection plate
For every pound that was being put in the collection plate, £3 was being stolen from the vestry.
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collector plate
This distributes wear across the bow collector's collector plate, and extends the collector's life.
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commemorative plate
A special commemorative plate was affixed below the nameplate on the smoke deflectors.
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dinner plate
No doubt the narrator is joking with mock-grandiosity about the possibility of the cook's hair showing up on his dinner plate.
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flat plate
The choice is really fixed by the solution of the corresponding flat plate problem.
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individual plate
Behind these, each "okazu" is served on its own individual plate.
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metal plate
This consists of a metal plate with load cells under each corner, which monitor the vertical forces produced when a subject stands on the plate.
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mounting plate
A spherical mirror collects and focuses the light onto the target spot perpendicular to the horizontal mounting plate.
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neural plate
Prognosis for fetuses with antenatally detected myelomeningocele 247 on the neural plate and result in additional loss of neural function.
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oceanic plate
The bi-directional diachronism in this transition is attributed to northwestward subduction of two mid-ocean ridges bordering an oceanic plate, and the migration of two ridge-trench-transform triple points.
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paper plate
The idea that £100 million-worth of frigate could or would be thrown away like some paper plate is ridiculous.
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photographic plate
It is acutely ironic that pictorialism is thought to be vindicated by "developing" the cortex like a photographic plate to reveal a retinotopic "picture" of the stimulus.
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plate appearance
In addition to a perfect fielding percentage, he was hit by a pitch in his only plate appearance to give him a perfect on-base percentage.
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plate boundary
The history of this emerging plate boundary is preserved in the rock record of a series of well-known rift valleys and lakes.
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plate discipline
He cut down on his strikeouts in 2004 and increased his number of walks, but his plate discipline is still no better than average.
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plate holder
This contract allows the plate holder to retain the plates whether on a vehicle or not.
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plate umpire
His final game as a home plate umpire provided an extraordinary capstone to his career.
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printing plate
A measured amount of ink is deposited upon the surface of the printing plate (or printing cylinder) using an anilox roll.
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rectangular plate
The likelihood function is represented by the oval-shaped stochastic node placed inside the rectangular plate.
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restrictor plate
At the time, it was the longest track with a night race, and the first restrictor plate race held at night.
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small plate
Inside of the "barrel," a small plate- probably a former lid-was wedged diagonally.
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steel plate
The drivers had to stop the car before it collides with the steel plate.
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titanium plate
A titanium plate had to be placed in his face to hold the zygomatic bone in place.
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vanity plate
A consideration to keep in mind, though, is that the owner of the car, or the driver, isn't necessarily the originator of the vanity plate message.
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zinc plate
The originals were photographed and transferred onto a photosensitive zinc plate.
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