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viewplates

viewplates is the plural of viewplate.

Meaning of viewplate

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

Questions about viewplates

What is viewplates the plural of?
Viewplates is the plural of viewplate.

Words near viewplates in the dictionary

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

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