noun
Meaning 1
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
backplate
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noun
Meaning 2
A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, underwater-diving
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noun
Meaning 3
The metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, where the ports are found.
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noun
Meaning 4
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
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noun
Meaning 5
A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Meaning 6
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
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noun
Meaning 7
plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour
History
Etymology
From back + plate.