Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plate of cast-iron bolted against the back or outer edge of molding-boxes, for the purpose of preventing the liquid metal from forcing the sand outward and escaping from the mold: also applied to the plate used on the back of the wind-box of the Bessemer converter.
- noun Same as
backpiece .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
plate protecting a fighting person's back. - noun A
metal plate on therear of acomputer 's casing, used to cover aport orslot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
Etymologies
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Examples
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This would be better with some sort of backplate or translucent filling for the laser to shine on or through.
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LG Rumor 2 packs a slide-out QWERTY keypad, QVGA display, 1.3 megapixel camera, a removable backplate and choice of Black Titanium and Blue shells.
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The result was a perfectly cylindrical crack through the frontplate, through the honeycomb, and nearly through the backplate.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Somehow during the polishing the mirror was supported in such a way that the pressure on its backplate was slightly uneven, and the mirror was polished so it was a highly accurate shape of a potato chip.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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The mirror was a sandwich of a faceplate and a backplate with a glass honeycomb between them to make the mirror lighter.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Somehow during the polishing the mirror was supported in such a way that the pressure on its backplate was slightly uneven, and the mirror was polished so it was a highly accurate shape of a potato chip.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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The mirror was a sandwich of a faceplate and a backplate with a glass honeycomb between them to make the mirror lighter.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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The result was a perfectly cylindrical crack through the frontplate, through the honeycomb, and nearly through the backplate.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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Bold certainly looks nice (black exterior, satin chrome finish, customizable leather-like backplate).
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The mirror was a sandwich of a faceplate and a backplate with a glass honeycomb between them to make the mirror lighter.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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