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Definition: Cover Plate |
Cover PlateNoun1. Covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | Glass, plastic or other transparent material used to cover collector-absorber plate so that the solar energy is "trapped" by the greenhouse effect. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Cover Plate |
| Specialty definitions using "cover plate": collector box ♦ solar pond ♦ upper internals structure. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 29 (cont.) Gilson sounder with detail of the cover plate. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture 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 |
light switch cover plate | 78 |
cover plate | 29 |
light cover plate | 16 |
cell phone cover plate | 8 |
electrical cover plate | 6 |
cake cover plate | 2 |
cover plate stainless steel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cover plate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | laske (fishplate, to scarf, to splice), dæklag (aperture cover, coating, collector cover, cover, cover window, covering, coverings, facing, liner, lining paper, paper liner, superficial epithelium, window). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verbindingsplaat (fishplate), transparante afdekking (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), koppelingsdeksel (back plate, bell, clutch housing, cover), doorzichtige dekplaat (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | peitelevy (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), jatkoskappale (fishplate, nipple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | couverture d'un capteur (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window), couvercle (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window), cloche d'embrayage (cover), vitrage (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window), plateau porte-doigt (cover), gousset. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stoßscheibe (back plate, bell, clutch housing, cover), Mitnehmerscheibe (driving plate), Lasche (fishplate, flap, loop, splicing plate, strap, tongue), Kupplungsglocke (back plate, bell, clutch housing, cover), Holzlasche (fishplate), Deckschicht (aperture cover, armour, armour layer, bed pavement, collector cover, cover, cover window, overburden, superficial epithelium, window), Deckscheibe (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), Abdeckung (access cover, cover, covering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάλυμμα συμπλέκτη (back plate, bell, clutch housing, cover), καμπάνα συμπλέκτη (back plate, bell, clutch housing, cover), καπάκι συμπλέκτη (back plate, bell, clutch housing, cover), στέκα (cue, rake), πήχη (batten, fishplate, lath), πλάκα επικάλυψης (fishplate), αρμογοκαλύπτρα (fishplate), διαφανές κάλυμμα συλλέκτη (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | copertura trasparente (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), copertura (casing, cover, cover up, coverage, covering, lid, overlay), campana (bell, hopscotch), superficie trasparente (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), stecca per giunto a ganasce (fishplate), stecca a ganascia (fishplate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overcay ateplay cobertura transparente (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), cobertura do colector (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), tampa da embraiagem (back plate, bell, clutch housing, cover), ligador de madeira (fishplate). (various references) cubrejunta (fishplate, piping), cubierta transparente (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), cubierta del colector (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), campana de embrague (back plate, bell, clutch housing, cover). (various references) solfångarfönster (aperture cover, collector cover, cover, cover window, window), skarvlapp (fishplate), skarvbräda (fishplate), lask (scarf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Cover Plate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coverplate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-o-p-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: overleapt, percolate. | |
-2 letters: cervelat, corelate, coverlet, elevator, overlate, overleap, pectoral, praelect, relocate. | |
-3 letters: caltrop, capelet, cleaver, coveter, elector, electro, levator, locater, ocreate, operate, overact, overapt, overate, overeat, overlap, overlet, parolee, percale, petrale, pleater, plectra, polecat, prelate, prelect, prolate, replace, replate, treacle. | |
-4 letters: alcove, areole, avocet, caplet, capote, captor, carpel, carpet, cartel, cartop, carvel, cavort. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-o-p-r-t-v" | |
+3 letters: convertaplane, convertiplane, cooperatively, overspeculate. | |
+4 letters: convertaplanes, convertiplanes, overcapitalize, overcomplicate, overspeculated, overspeculates. | |
+5 letters: overcapitalized, overcapitalizes, overcomplicated, overcomplicates, overspeculating, overspeculation. | |
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