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• 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 tectonics — plate tec tonics n [U] technical the study of the forming and movement of the large sheets of rock that form the surface of the Earth …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• plate — 1. [TA] In anatomy, a thin, relative flat, structure. SYN: lamina [TA]. 2. A metal bar perforated for screws applied to a fractured bone to maintain the ends in apposition. 3. The agar layer within a Petri dish or similar …   Medical dictionary

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

• plate — I. /pleɪt / (say playt) noun 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, now usually of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. a service of food for one person at the table. 3. an entire course: a cold plate. 4. a plate of sandwiches,… …  

• plate — n. & v. n. 1 a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is eaten or served. b the contents of this (ate a plate of sandwiches). 2 a similar vessel usu. of metal or wood, used esp. for making a collection in a… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 girder — noun or plate beam : a built up girder resembling an I beam in cross section but having a rolled steel plate for a web and flanges that usually consist of angles alone or angles and plates * * * an iron or steel beam built up from plates and… …   Useful english dictionary

• Forming — Form Form (f[^o]rm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Formed} (f[^o]rmd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Forming}.] [F. former, L. formare, fr. forma. See {Form}, n.] 1. To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion. [1913 Webster] God formed man… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges. [1840 50] * * * …   Universalium