For Plates we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Bodybuilding Lingo, Books, Clocks, Earthquake, Nature and Solar Energy.

Plates (Bodybuilding Lingo)

The weights that you put on an Olympic dumbell, specifically a 45 pound weight. Smaller weights are called quarters (25 pounds), dimes (10 pounds), and nickels (5 pounds).

Plates (Books)

Whole-page illustrations printed separately from the text. Illustrations printed in the text pages are called cuts.

Plates (Clocks)

Upper and lower, flat brass pieces between which the wheels and other internal parts are fitted.

Plates (Earthquake)

Pieces of crust and brittle uppermost mantle, perhaps 100 kilometers thick and hundreds or thousands of kilometers wide, that cover the Earth's surface. The plates move very slowly over, or possibly with, a viscous layer in the mantle at rates of a few centimeters per year. (See Figure 8. )

Plates (Nature)

Rigid slabs that make up the Earth's crust; see "plate tectonics"

Plates (Solar Energy)

A metal plate, usually lead or lead compound, immersed in the electrolyte in a battery.

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