Third-person singular simple present indicative form of silver plate

simple past tense and past participle of silver plate

present participle of silver plate

(Britain) Either of a pair of rectangular metal plates bearing an alphanumeric code, fixed to the front and rear of a motor car to show its identity as registered with the DVLA.

(analytical chemistry, chemistry) A flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes

(chemistry, biochemistry) A piece of laboratory equipment used to detect the changes that might occur in a microtiter plate.

(analytical chemistry, chemistry) A flat plate with multiple "wells" used as small test tubes.

A Fresnel zone plate.

To coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver, often electrolytically.

To plate a metal with a layer of chromium