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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flat metal plate for gauging the accuracy of a plane surface in precision metalworking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plane surface used in machine-making as a gage for plane surfaces; a surface-plate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. See Surface gauge, under
surface .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A flat, metal
plate used for estimating theflatness of amachined part ; a surface plate
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