プレート

Frequency rank: 7,457. – 7,467.

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

Forms

プレートFrequency rank: 7,457. – 7,467.

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

いた板、さら皿、きんぞくばん金属板、かんばん看板．.
たいりく大陸・かいよう海洋ちかく地殻のぶろっくブロック．.
きごう（やきゅう野球きごう）ほんるい本塁きごう（ほうむ・ぷれえとホーム・プレートきごう）、とうしゅばん投手板きごう（ぴっちゃあずピッチャーズ・ぷれえとプレートきごう）．.

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Example sentences

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We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.

Tatoeba

In recent years, with a method called VLBI that uses quasar observations, and by GPS we have begun to understand the absolute movement of tectonic plates.

Tatoeba