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plates

noun

plural of plate

as in scales

a small thin piece of material that resembles an animal scale the tiny silver plates on the brooch are arranged to look like fish scales

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something that visually explains or decorates a text the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body

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Recent Examples of plates BoundaryCool takes a different approach from conventional passive cold plates by using an active cooling architecture to enhance heat removal at the chip level. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026 Signature dishes are snack plates which consist of roasted meats and local olive oil. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Jutting off the coastline like an upside-down ice skate, the Point Reyes National Seashore is separated from the mainland by the San Andreas fault, which runs like a skate’s blade edge separating the Pacific and North American plates. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 The city of Sacramento does not contract with Flock, but that doesn’t mean the city isn’t reading your plates. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2026 One roach toddled along on a dry storage shelf that stored clean plates. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 Additional artifacts recovered during the excavation included pottery vessels, flasks, plates and offering tables made of limestone and sandstone. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Kayley remembered the extra forks but forgot the appetizer plates. — Emma Soren, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026 This area is where the Nazca, South American and Caribbean tectonic plates interact, causing frequent seismic activity. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026

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Batteries drag down performance with extra weight, motors suffer mechanical wear and failure, and complex electronics simply break down when shrunk to microscopic scales.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
The trail to understanding fluids as the product of the microscopic world was blazed, ironically, by physicists thinking about some of reality’s biggest scales.

— Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of scales

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Neurons in textbook diagrams look deceptively simple, with only a handful of dendrites extending from the cell body.

— Ajdina Halilovic, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2026
The agency uses these web-like diagrams to connect mission constraints, such as distance from Earth, with risks to sleep, cardiovascular health, and cognitive performance.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of diagrams

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Reuters footage from the aftermath showed yellow trucks mounted on sheets of concrete, as survivors sifted through grey debris.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Deep in the data sheets published last month with the 2026 homeless count was a surprising statistic about change in Skid Row.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of sheets

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Each of them has played to mind-bending graphics, which extend all the way above you.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
As of now, many have feared the chips instead look like a rapidly depreciating, and thus depleting, pile of graphics processors that will need more and more capital to finance.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of graphics

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Team-mate Mbaye has also been discussed this summer but senior Liverpool figures insist their interest has only been exploratory to date and strongly dismissed suggestions that personal terms have already been agreed with the 18-year-old.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
The past year has seen the first prosecutions of soldiers and military figures using classified knowledge to make money on these prediction markets.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of figures

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Teaming with Eva Byrne for the book’s illustrations, Andrews and Hamilton hope their story inspires young readers to find their voice.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
The mods think Reddit might have designated the website—and thus any post using its content for explanatory illustrations—as spam.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026

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