Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A thin layer of metal, such as gold or silver, deposited on or applied to a surface.
- n. A coating of metal sheets or plates.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art or operation of covering articles with a thin coating or film of metal, especially of overlaying articles made of the baser metals with a thin coating of gold, silver, or nickel. It is effected in various ways; sometimes the platingmetal is attached to and rolled out with the other metal by pressure; sometimes the one metal is precipitated from its solution upon the other, electrochemical decomposition being now much employed for this purpose. See
electrotype . - n. A thin coating of one metal laid upon another.
- n. In bacterial., the pouring of liquefied gelatin or agar-agar containing a mixed culture of bacteria upon a glass plate or into a Petri dish, where the medium hardens and thus permits the isolation of specific organisms. Also plating-out.
- n. In iron ship-building, the plates, collectively, arranged in strakes covering any part: as, side-plating, the plates forming the outer skin of the vessel above the turn of the bilge; bottom-plating, the plates forming the outer bottom of a vessel below the turn of the bilge; deck-plating, the covering of the deck-beams, etc.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of plate.
- n. philately An act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.
- n. A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
- n. A coating or defensive armour of metal plates.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition.
- n. A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.
- n. A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
- n. a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
Examples
“Gold plating is widely used in many quality pieces.”
“The package, described by analysts as "economic armor-plating", is unlikely to be required in its entirety, but provides a buffer against unexpected volatility or currency speculation.”
“The plain gilt button, which was extensively used in the early part of the present century, was made from an alloy called plating metal, which contained a larger proportion of copper and less zinc than ordinary brass.”
“Cubic water" crystal clear above the cloak also dotted with countless white bright spot, known as plating, they can change the direction of the light, the effect of a thermal insulation astigmatism.”
“All week I was visting my parents ie not in lab and every other night I had a vivid as hell dream about really banal lab tasks, such as plating cells, loading gels, and explaining lamellipodia formation to the new grad student.”
“The body of the car is sheathed with steel plating which is bullet proof against rifle or even shrapnel fire.”
“Taking that basic idea of flavoring as opposed to Western cuisine, (in) which you just boil an egg, so by flavoring with a little tea and soy, and by deconstructing it, separating the yolk from the white, I came up with a Western-style plating which is a parfait which is a layered construction.”
“The position will involve using basic water testing techniques such as plating and filtering.”
“We now talk about "plating" our food for regular meals.”
“These strikes (related to employee bonuses and pensions for new hires) have been ongoing since last July/August, creating shortages of high-purity nickel products sold to niche markets such as plating, "she noted.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘plating’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Metallics
Words that relate to or describe metals.
malleable, ductile, shiny, steely, brassy, dull, golden, precious, smelt, smith, tensile, clink and 39 more...
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Philately
Definitions mainly taken from this glossary.
aerogramme, aerophilately, black jack, cachet, cancellation, cinderella, albino, album weed, ambulante, aniline ink, authentication mark, back-of-book and 104 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Reconstructing a stamp pane by collecting blocks and individual stamps representing various positions. The process is possible for many older issues of stamps, but most modern issues are too uniform to make the identification of individual positions possible. Aug 26, 2008