Thick, moving slabs of rock composed of crust and the uppermost layer of the under lying mantle.

Rigid slabs that make up the Earth's crust; see "plate tectonics"

The rigid pieces that make up the puzzle of Earth's crust.

The outer shell of the Earth is made up of almost rigid plates that fit together. These plates "float" on a dense, more fluid layer just beneath them. The plates slowly move around, though we do not notice it in our everyday lives. Earthquakes occur most frequently on, or near, the edges of plates where stress is most concentrated.

The crust of the Earth is broken into plates. The plates are enormous chunks of rock that float atop the soft mantle. The plates are moving at a speed that has been estimated at 1 to 10 cm per year. Oceanic plates (those that are under the ocean) are thinner and denser than continental plates. Forward Backward

Large sections of Earth's lithosphere that are separated by deep fault zones.

Huge, mobile rock slabs of varying sizes and thicknesses that form the earth's crust.

Giant, rigid slabs of the Earth's crust. The plates "float" on a dense, fluid layer just beneath them.

giant slabs of underground rocks, often bigger than continents

Tectonics The term used to describe the process which results in the movement of the earths crust. Over time the semi-molten mantle within the earth creates convection currents, which cause heated rock to rise and cooling rock to descend. At the earths surface this process results in the movement of the continental plates. The resulting movement means that the UK and US are moving apart at roughly the same rate that an average persons finger nails grow.

Lead plates of weight used in resistance training.

The weights you slide onto each end of a barbell; specifically, a 45-pounder. When you reach for smaller weights, you're picking up spare change: quarters (25s), dimes (10), and nickels (5).

The metal or vinyl-covered discs that add weight to a barbell.

A full-page book illustration, often in colour and printed on paper different from that used on the text pages.

Whole sheet illustrations, as opposed to "cuts", which are illustrations printed on text pages.

All printing presses use plates. A plate is a thin sheet of aluminium which, after being computer-generated (CTP) or exposed with film, retains an impression of the image on its surface. The image is then transferred onto paper, using ink, when run on a printing press. Pre-cut holes on both the top and bottom edges facilitate mounting onto rollers on the press.

A whole page illustration, often printed on different paper than the text.

Full page illustrations printed separately from the text in the book. [Back to the Top

full page illustrations often done on a different quality of paper stock from the rest of the text, frequently tipped into the book

Images of the material to be printed that are produced by passing high intensity light through a negative onto a specially prepared metal or paper sheet. The resulting plate is placed on the press and functions by transferring ink onto a rubber blanket that, in turn, transfers the ink onto the stock (paper) that is the publication.

Diagrams and illustrations printed on different paper from the text and bound either with the text or tipped in as separate leaves or sections.

The carriers of the images that are to be printed. One printing plate is required for each color printed.

Full page illustrations separately printed then bound into the book.

In printing, a plate is made from the original manuscript page. The plate is then used on the offset press to re-produce the page. In binding, a plate is made of any artwork for stamping covers, See Cover Plate.

A metal sheet of coated material that transfers ink from the printing press to paper.

Printing plates are molds or cylinders used by the printing press to imprint materials with ink. They can be made in a variety of substances, ranging from metal to rubber or paper.

illustrations printed separately from the text of a book and inserted in the appropriate place by the binder. These may appear as a single section, or be wrapped round text sections, or occasionally individually pasted in.

The parts of the printing press that transfers the ink to the paper. The (inverse) screen pattern is etched into the plates so that the ink on the paper corresponds to the screen image. One plate for each print colour is required.

Offset printing uses plates which have a light-sensitive coating and are exposed to reversed images (usually from film separation negatives) producing a positive image area. The plate is then put onto a cylinder on an offset press.

metal plates used in the offset printing process.

Illustrations, cut on copper or steel plates, which were then inked and printed on sheets of heavier paper separately from the rest of the work in which they appear. Such illustrations were often provided in early magazines as bonuses to subscribers. Almost all were taken out and framed, as the publishers intended, so it is rare today to find old magazines "with all plates, as issued." Paul Revere and William Hogarth are two of many celebrated eighteenth century plate engravers.

Whole-page illustrations printed separately from the text, sometimes printed on an entirely different type of paper stock. Illustrations printed in the text pages are called cuts.

Construction members used to form the top and bottom of a frame wall.

Upper and lower, flat brass pieces between which the wheels and other internal parts are fitted.

early photographic glass plates coated with emulsion.