plural of plate money

(banking, historical) A type of money issued in Sweden in the 17th and 18th centuries consisting of large rectangular pieces of copper.

present participle of plate out

(chemistry) That which has plated out; dissolved metal deposited onto a solid surface.

(intransitive, chemistry, of an aqueous ion) To be neutralized and deposited onto a solid surface. / (transitive, chemistry) To cause to plate out.