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viewplate

viewplate noun: an electronic screen capable of displaying images or data.

Noun

viewplate (plural viewplates)

  1. (archaic) An electronic screen capable of displaying images or data.
    • Then the skeleton flitter moved to the left—out into the glare of the early day, a light too bright, even through the shielded viewplates of his helmet.1956, Andrew North [pseudonym; Andre Norton], Plague Ship, New York, N.Y.: Gnome Press, page 146

Synonyms of viewplate

Forms of viewplate

pluralviewplates

Origin of viewplate

Compound of view + plate

Questions about viewplate

What does viewplate mean?
Viewplate means an electronic screen capable of displaying images or data.
What part of speech is viewplate?
Viewplate is a noun.
What is the plural of viewplate?
The plural of viewplate is viewplates.

Words near viewplate in the dictionary

  1. viewly
  2. viewphone
  3. viewphones
  4. viewplane
  5. viewplanes
  6. viewplate
  7. viewplates
  8. viewpoint
  9. viewpointed
  10. viewpointless
  11. viewpoints

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