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Boiler Plate Motor: A very solid overdesigned thrust chamber used to test new propellants or new injector concepts.

Plateau Basalt: A sequence of parallel to subparallel basalt flows that were formed during a geologically brief interval of time and which covered an extensive geographic area. Thought to have formed from s . . . View Full Definition

Plate Tectonics: The movement of the plates that make up the surface of the Earth. The revolutionary paradigm in geology that the earths crust is composed of rigid segments (plates) in constant (although con . . . View Full Definition

Plate Camera: Camera designed to take glass plates but often adapted to take cut film.

Plate: Major section of the earth's crust, bounded by such features as mid-ocean ridges

Plate Appearance: The aggregate of a player's at-bats, walks, sacrifice hits (bunts and flies) and hit by pitches.

Platelets: In vertebrates, cell fragments that bud off from the megakaryocytes in the bone marrow; carry chemicals needed for blood clotting. Cell fragment functioning in blood clotting.

Plates: Early photographic glass plates coated with emulsion.

Quarterplate: Negative or print format measuring 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ inches. It's one quarter the size of a full plate (8 ½ x 6 ½ inches).

Reluctance Synchronous Motor: A synchronous motor with a special rotor design which directly lines the rotor up with the rotating magnetic field of the stator, allowing for no slip under load. The reluctance motors have . . . View Full Definition