- hand plate
- a flattened expansion at the end of the limb of the embryo, the precursor of the hand.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hand plate
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hand plate — noun : a plate placed on a door to prevent its being soiled by the hands called also push plate; compare finger plate … Useful english dictionary
plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… … Universalium
Hand-hole plate — hand hole hand hole (h[a^]nd h[=o]l ), n. (Steam Boilers) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. [1913 Webster] {Hand hole plate}, the cover of a hand hole. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hand something to somebody on a plate — hand sth to sb on a ˈplate idiom (informal) to give sth to sb without the person concerned making any effort • Nobody s going to hand you success on a plate. Main entry: ↑handidiom … Useful english dictionary
hand something to someone on a plate — informal phrase to make it easy for someone to have or achieve something that they would normally have to work hard to get The match was handed to them on a plate. Thesaurus: to give someone an unfair advantagesynonym Main entry: plate … Useful english dictionary
Hand-held camera — or hand held shooting is a film and video technique in which a camera is literally held in the camera operator s hands as opposed to being placed on a tripod. The result is an image that is perceptibly shakier than that of a tripod mounted camera … Wikipedia
hand-hole — (h[a^]nd h[=o]l ), n. (Steam Boilers) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. [1913 Webster] {Hand hole plate}, the cover of a hand hole. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hand engraving — in metalworking is the act of carving decorative or functional grooves into a substrate, usually a metal plate, using hand tools such as small chisels called burin or gravers. For the use of essentially the same process in printmaking and… … Wikipedia
Plate tectonics — The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century … Wikipedia
plate — plate1 W2S2 [pleıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(sign)¦ 3 have a lot/enough on your plate 4¦(protective covering)¦ 5¦(earth s surface)¦ 6¦(gold/silver)¦ 7 hand/give/offer somebody something on a plate 8¦(pictures/photos)¦ 9¦(baseball)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
