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backplate

noun

Etymology

From back + plate.

  1. derived from πλατύς
  2. derived from *plattus✻
  3. derived from plata
  4. derived from plate
  5. inherited from plate
  6. compounded as backplate — “back + plate”

Definitions

  1. A plate protecting a fighting person's back.

    • The cuirass of Roman muscled type is composed of an anatomically modeled breastplate and backplate, each made in one with a gorget […]

  2. A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.

  3. The metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, where the ports are found.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.

    2. A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake…

      A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.

    3. Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in…

      Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.

The neighborhood

Derived

backplated

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at backplate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at backplate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at backplate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA