faceplate
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Faceplate
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a perforated circular metal plate that can be attached to the headstock of a lathe in order to hold flat or irregularly shaped workpieces |
| 2. | Also called: surface plate a flat rigid plate used to check the flatness and squareness of the faces of a component |
| 3. | the part of a cathode-ray tube carrying the phosphor screen |
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Example sentences
When this exception is allowed and exercised a nonconductive faceplate is required.
The contractor will tie into the faceplate and will also tie into the patch panel.
The faceplate is then mounted into the wall opening.
The navigation system's screen displaces the stereo faceplate, with controls for both functions arrayed around the perimeter.
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