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faceplate

[ feys-pleyt ]

noun

  1. (on a lathe) a perforated plate, mounted on the live spindle, to which the work is attached.
  2. the part of a protective headpiece, as a diver's or astronaut's helmet, that covers the upper portion of the face, often of transparent material and sometimes movable.
  3. Also called face. Electronics. the glass front of a cathode ray tube upon which the image is displayed.
  4. a protective plate, as one surrounding an electric outlet or light switch.


faceplate

/ ˈڱɪˌɪ /

noun

  1. a perforated circular metal plate that can be attached to the headstock of a lathe in order to hold flat or irregularly shaped workpieces
  2. Also calledsurface plate a flat rigid plate used to check the flatness and squareness of the faces of a component
  3. the part of a cathode-ray tube carrying the phosphor screen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of faceplate1

First recorded in 1835–45; face + plate 1
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“The divers can put their hands on that faceplate, and they can’t even see their hands,” said Donald Gibbons, an instructor with Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Technical Centers.

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