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plating |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plate \Plate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plated}; p. pr & vb n. {Plating}.] 1. To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. 2. To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense. Thus plated in habiliments of war. --Shak. 3. To adorn with plated metal; as a plated harness. 4. To beat into thin, flat pieces, or lamin[ae]. 5. To calender; as to plate paper. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plating \Plat"ing\, n. 1. The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition. 2. A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal. 3. A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plating n 1: a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface [syn: {metal plating}] 2: the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)
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