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patress

patress noun: an adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, e.g. in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface.

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Noun

patress (plural patresses)

  1. An adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, e.g. in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface.

Forms of patress

pluralpatresses
alternative formpattress

Origin of patress

Alteration of pateras, from Latin patera (“dish, saucer”).

Questions about patress

What does patress mean?
Patress means an adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, e.g. in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface.
What part of speech is patress?
Patress is a noun.
What is the plural of patress?
The plural of patress is patresses.

Words near patress in the dictionary

  1. Patras
  2. Patrayani
  3. patrescence
  4. Patrese
  5. patresfamilias
  6. patress
  7. patresses
  8. patri-
  9. patria potestas
  10. patrial
  11. patriality

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