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slide plates

slide plates is the plural of slide plate.

Meaning of slide plate

Noun

slide plate (plural slide plates)

  1. A linear bearing that may be part of the expansion joints of bridges, high temperature horizontal ducts of water-tube boilers and other mechanical or structural engineering applications.
  2. A component that facilitates the swift attachment and detachment of a camera from a tripod or other support system.

Questions about slide plates

What is slide plates the plural of?
Slide plates is the plural of slide plate.

Words near slide plates in the dictionary

  1. slide job
  2. slide off
  3. slide phone
  4. slide phones
  5. slide plate
  6. slide plates
  7. slide projector
  8. slide projectors
  9. slide rest
  10. slide rests
  11. slide rule

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