bearing plate

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• bearing plate — noun Etymology: bearing (II) : a plate placed under one end of a truss beam, girder, or column to distribute the load * * * a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss …   Useful english dictionary

• bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss. * * * …   Universalium

• bearing block — noun Etymology: bearing (II) 1. : a block of material acting as a bearing plate 2. or bearing box [bearing (I) ] …   Useful english dictionary

• plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …   Universalium

• plate — ► NOUN 1) a flat dish from which food is eaten or served. 2) bowls, cups, and other utensils made of gold or silver. 3) a thin, flat piece of metal used to join or strengthen or forming part of a machine. 4) a small, flat piece of metal bearing a …   English terms dictionary

• Plate number coil — A plate number coil (PNC) is a United States postage stamp with the number of the printing plate or plates printed on it. The plate number typically appears as one or more small digits in the margin at the bottom of the stamp. The plate number… …   Wikipedia

• plate — noun 1》 a flat dish, typically circular, from which food is eaten or served.     ↘N. Amer. a main course of a meal.     ↘Austral./NZ a plate of food contributed by a guest to a social gathering. 2》 any shallow dish, especially one used for… …   English new terms dictionary

• Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century …   Wikipedia

• plate — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from plate, feminine of plat flat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Greek platys broad, flat more at place Date: 14th century 1. a. a smooth flat thin piece of material b. (1) forged …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• infrapharyngobranchial dental plate — a tooth bearing plate of dermal origin covering the upper surface of the fifth ceratobranchial. The plate may be divided into two parts with differing tooth types, e.g. in Merluccius. Also called lower pharyngeal bone …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• pin plate — Building Trades. a bearing plate having a projection for fixing into masonry. [1890 95] * * * …   Universalium