Plate may refer to:

Cooking

* Plate (dishware), a broad, mainly flat vessel commonly used to serve food * Plates, tableware, dishes or dishware used for setting a table, serving food and dining * Plate, the content of such a plate (for example:

rice plate Rice plate may refer to: * '' Rice Plate'' (2007 film), a film by Rohit Roy Food * List of rice dishes ** Thali, a Nepalese and Indian food ** 碟頭飯 (rice dish), served at dai pai dong See also * Rice (disambiguation) * Plate (disambiguation ...

) * Plate, to present food, on a plate * Plate, a forequarter cut of beef

Places

Plate, Germany Plate () is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. File:Kirche Peckatel.jpg, Church File:Kirche Consrade.jpg, Church File:Kirche Plate.jpg, Church File:Plate Störkanal.jpg, Stör-channel File:P ...

, a municipality in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany *

River Plate (disambiguation) River Plate may refer to: * Río de la Plata, a river and large estuary between Argentina and Uruguay ** Río de la Plata Basin, the basin of the river * Club Atlético River Plate, an Argentine sports club ** Club Atlético River Plate (women) ** ...

Tourelle de la Plate The Tourelle de la Plate, also known as Petite Vieille (Little Old Woman) is a lighthouse in the dangerous strait ''Raz de Sein'', off the northwest coast of France, belonging to the departement of Finistère in the region of Brittany. Its compa ...

, a lighthouse in France

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

* Plate (anatomy), several meanings *

Dental plate Dentures (also known as false teeth) are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, and are supported by the surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Conventional dentures are removable (removable partial denture or ...

, also known as dentures *

Dynamic compression plate A dynamic compression plate (DCP) is a metallic plate used in orthopedics for internal fixation of bone, typically after fractures. As the name implies, it is designed to exert dynamic pressure between the bone fragments to be transfixed. Dynamic ...

, a metallic plate used in orthopedics to fix bone * Microtiter plate (or microplate or microwell plate), a flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes *

Petri dish A Petri dish (alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-culture dish) is a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to hold growth medium in which cells can be cultured,R. C. Dubey (2014): ''A Textbook Of Biotechnology For Class- ...

or Petri plate, a shallow dish on which biological cultures may be grown and/or viewed

Geology

* Tectonic plate, are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere ** Plate tectonics, the study of the movement of such plates

Physics

* Plate, a physical approximation of a theoretical plate in separation processes * Plate electrode, a type of electrode used in vacuum tubes * Plate (structure), a concept used in continuum mechanics as part of the plate theory * Plate trick, a mathematical demonstration of quaternions and particle spins *

Wilhelmy plate A Wilhelmy plate is a thin plate that is used to measure equilibrium surface or interfacial tension at an air–liquid or liquid–liquid interface. In this method, the plate is oriented perpendicular to the interface, and the force exerted on ...

, used to measure tension at an interface between air and a liquid or between two liquids

Construction

* Anchor plate, a large plate connected to a tie rod or bolt for structural reinforcement * Sill plate, the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached * Wall plate, a vertical component used in building construction

Electronics

* Anodes, electrodes used in vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) and similar devices

Printing and photography

Photographic plate Photographic plates preceded photographic film as a capture medium in photography, and were still used in some communities up until the late 20th century. The light-sensitive emulsion of silver salts was coated on a glass plate, typically thinn ...

, a medium from which a photograph may be developed ** Plate camera, an early type of camera that used photographic plates * Printing plate, a printing medium: ** Plate, in Intaglio (printmaking), the direct opposite of a relief print ** Plate, in lithography, a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water ** Plate, a (part of a) " tipped-in page", a separately-printed page in a book used to carry one or more images

Transportation

* Approach plate, a chart used by a pilot to perform an instrument approach and landing on a runway * Plate B, Plate C, ... , Plate H, different

loading gauge A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads. Their purpose is to ensure that rail vehicles can pass safely through tunnels and under bridges, and ke ...

s used on North American railroads

Metal plates

* Plate (metal), a rectangular flat metal stock that is more than 6 mm or 0.25 in thick, not as thin as sheet metal ** Plate, an element of a folding machine **

Plate armour Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer. Full plate steel armour developed in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, es ...

, a body armor made from metal plates ** Vehicle registration plate (license plate), a sign attached to a vehicle in order to identify it ***

L-plate An L-plate is a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L, for ''learner'', which must be affixed to the front and/or back of a vehicle in many countries if its driver is a learner under instruction, or a motorcycle rider with provisional entit ...

(learner plate), a sign attached to a vehicle to indicate that the driver has a provisional driving license *

Plated Plating is a surface covering in which a metal is deposited on a conductive surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern technology. Plating is used to decorate objects, for corrosion inhibition, to improv ...

, item with a deposition of metallic layers

Sport

* Home plate, a location on a baseball field * Several trophies, e.g., **

Annapolis Subscription Plate Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...

, in horse racing **

County Championship Plate The Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2 (formerly known as County Championship Plate) is an annual rugby union competition in England between teams representing English counties. It was formed in 2002 as the County Championship Shield ...

, in rugby union **

Mandela Challenge Plate The Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate is a rugby union trophy contested between Australia and South Africa. It is named after South Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela. History Initially designed to be held every two ye ...

, in rugby union * Weight plate, a flat, heavy object, usually made of iron, used in strength training or weightlifting

Other uses

Plate (surname) Plate and Platé are surnames. People bearing them include: * Ludwig Hermann Plate (1862-1937), German zoologist * Enrico Platé (1909–1954) Anton Plate(born 1950), German composer * Jeff Plate (born 1962) * Christina Plate Christina Plate ...

* Plate, in heraldry, a Roundel ''argent'' (white/silver)