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91service plate — noun : a large elaborate plate used to indicate a place at table and to serve as an under plate during the first courses * * * service plate, a large dinner plate to hold another plate of food during a course, or several courses, of the meal …
92Indian Plate — [ continental drift, the India Plate split from Madagascar and collided with the Eurasian Plate resulting in the formation of the Himalayas.] The India or Indian Plate is a tectonic plate that was originally a part of the ancient continent of… …
93Surface plate — A surface plate is a solid, flat plate used as the main horizontal reference plane for precision inspection, marking out (layout), and tooling setup. The surface plate is often used as the baseline for all measurements to the workpiece, therefore …
94Kula Plate — The Kula Plate was an oceanic tectonic plate under the northern Pacific Ocean south of the Near Islands segment of the Aleutian Islands. It was subducting under the North American Plate at the Aleutian Trench and is surrounded by the Pacific… …
95Manus Plate — Map of the Manus Plate and its neighboring plates (in French) The Manus Plate is a tiny tectonic plate located northeast of New Guinea. It is sandwiched between the North Bismarck Plate and the South Bismarck Plate. References 50. Bird, P. (2003) …
96Maoke Plate — Map of the Banda Sea Plate (as Mer de Banda ) and its neighbouring plates (in French) The Maoke Plate is a small tectonic plate located in western New Guinea underlying the Sudirman Range from which the highest mountain on the island Puncak Jaya… …
97Burma Plate — The Burma Plate is a small tectonic plate or microplate located in Southeast Asia, often considered a part of the larger Eurasian Plate. The Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, and northwestern Sumatra are located on the plate. This island arc… …
98Apulian Plate — The Adriatic or Apulian Plate is a small tectonic plate carrying primarily continental crust that broke away from the African plate along a large transform fault in the Cretaceous period. The name Adriatic Plate is usually used when referring to… …
99Mariana Plate — Map of the Mariana Plate (as Mariannes ) and its neighbouring plates (in French) …
100Farallon Plate — Over time the central part of the Farallon Plate was completely subducted under the southwestern part of the North American Plate. The remains of the Farallon Plate are the Juan de Fuca, Explorer and Gorda Plates, subducting under the northern… …
