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Definition: Backplate |
BackplateNoun1. Plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | A machined disk which is mounted on the spindle for the reception of a jaw chuck. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako; (dress). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Backplate |
| English words defined with "backplate": Backpiece. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "backplate": ASSEMBLER, MOVEMENT ♦ BACK PADDER ♦ cloth changer ♦ DISASSEMBLER ♦ MASH-FILTER-CLOTH CHANGER ♦ REPAIRER, AUTO CLOCKS ♦ upholsterer helper. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Backplate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Backplate" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
backplate knob | 9 |
backplate | 7 |
atx backplate | 6 |
backplate fredt | 2 |
backplate diy scuba | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "backplate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | bagplade (chuck flange, flange plate), bagflange (chuck flange, flange plate), opspaendingsplan (platen). (various references) | |
Dutch | spanplaat, opspanplaat (clamping plate, fixture, platen), onderlegring (chuck flange, flange plate). (various references) | |
Finnish | takalaatta, istukan laippa (chuck flange, flange plate). (various references) | |
French | sommier, faux-plateau, contreplaque. (various references) | |
German | Zwischenflansch (chuck flange, flange plate), Spannplatte, Spannfutterplatte (chuck flange, flange plate), Futterscheibe (chuck flange, flange plate), Futterplatte (chuck flange, flange plate), Futterflansch (chuck flange, flange plate), Aufziehplatte (chuck flange, flange plate). (various references) | |
Greek | πλάκα υποστήριξης (bracket, support plate), ενδιάμεσος δίσκος (chuck flange, flange plate), ενδιάμεσο πλατώ (chuck flange, flange plate). (various references) | |
Italian | piano di base del supporto di stampo, contropiastra (chuck flange, flange plate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackplatebay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | prato falso (chuck flange, flange plate), placa de apoio, flange (chuck flange, flange, flange plate). (various references) | |
Spanish | espaldar (espalier, trellis), contraplato (chuck flange, flange plate), caballete del molde. (various references) | |
Swedish | uppspänningsplatta (platen), mellanfläns (chuck flange, flange plate). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-k-l-p-t" | |
-1 letter: packable. | |
-2 letters: actable, capable, placate, placket, takable. | |
-3 letters: ablate, acetal, cablet, caplet, packet, palace, palate, placet, tackle. | |
-4 letters: aback, abate, aceta, akela, alack, alate, apace, apeak, becap, black, blate, bleak, bleat, cabal, cable, clapt, cleat, clept, eclat, epact, kalpa, latke, leapt, lepta, palea, palet, petal, place, plack, plate, pleat, tabla, table, tepal. | |
-5 letters: abet, able, acta, alae, alba, alec, atap, baal, back, bake, bale, balk, bate, beak, beat, beck, belt, beta, blae, blat, blet, cake, calk, cape, cate, celt, clap, kale, kapa, kata, kelp, kept, lace, lack, lake, late, leak, leap, lept, paca, pace, pack, pact, pale, pate, peak, peal, peat, peck, pelt, plat, plea, pleb, tace, tack, tael, taka, take, tala, talc, tale, talk, tapa, tape, teak, teal, tela, tepa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-k-l-p-t" | |
+4 letters: packabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 63 6B 70 6C 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -.-. -.- .--. .-.. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01110000 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a c k p l a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0063 006B 0070 006C 0061 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)366769778278678671 |
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