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The primary meaning is as a noun, "a flat dish used for serving or eating from." Other noun meanings include:
- A dental appliance; a dental plate.
- One of the large portions of the earth's crust; a tectonic plate
- An object made of metal and covered with a layer of a precious metal; gold plate or silver plate
- The target base in the game of Baseball; home plate
- A flat piece of metal used surgically or in construction; "He has a plate in his head."
Verb meanings include:
- To arrange food on a plate in restaurant slang
- To cover a metal object with a layer of a precious metal.
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What are the names of the 13 plates?
The names of the 13 major tectonic plates are North American Plate, South American Plate, Pacific Plate, African Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, Antarctic Plate, Caribbean Plate, Arabian Plate, Cocos Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, Nazca Plate, and Philippine Sea Plate.
What are the ten major plates?
Pacific Plate North American Plate Eurasian Plate African Plate Antarctic Plate Indo-Australian Plate South American Plate Caribbean Plate Arabian Plate Philippine Sea Plate
What two plates are moving away from each other?
1. Pacific Plate and North American Plate 2. China Plate and Pacific Plate 3. Australian Plate and Pacific Plate 4. South American Plate and Nazca Plate 5. Eurasian Plate and African Plate 6. Eurasian Plate and Arabian Plate 7. Eurasian Plate and Australian PLATE 8. Scotia Plate and Antarctic Plate
What is a list of the eight minor plates?
The eight minor tectonic plates are the Arabian Plate, Caribbean Plate, Cocos Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, Nazca Plate, Philippine Sea Plate, Scotia Plate, and the South Sandwich Plate. These plates are smaller compared to the major tectonic plates like the Pacific Plate or the African Plate.
Which crustal plate can be found between nazca plate and south American plate?
The crustal plate found between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate is the Antarctic Plate.
