faceplate

[ feys-pleyt ]

noun

(on a lathe) a perforated plate, mounted on the live spindle, to which the work is attached.
the part of a protective headpiece, as a diver's or astronaut's helmet, that covers the upper portion of the face, often of transparent material and sometimes movable.

Also called face. Electronics. the glass front of a cathode ray tube upon which the image is displayed.
a protective plate, as one surrounding an electric outlet or light switch.

Origin of faceplate

First recorded in1835–45; face + plate¹

Compare switch plate.

Words Nearby faceplate

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How to use faceplate in a sentence

Patrick Whelan peers through the faceplate of his clean-room bunny suit to see how things are going.
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Then you have the other containment vessel, with a concrete faceplate underneath that's between four and 10 feet thick.
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The snow tended to plaster itself against his faceplate, and the wind kept trying to take him off his feet.
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In the first place this is a book of problems—25 plates covering spindle, faceplate, and chuck turning.
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Through the fused quartz faceplate, her angular features wore a curious, faint smile.
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He pushed his forehead against the faceplate of his helmet and rubbed off some of the sweat.
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I'd noticed a smeared spot about nose-level on the faceplate of my fishbowl, and now was as good a time as any to get rid of it.
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British Dictionary definitions for faceplate

faceplate

/ (ˈfeɪsˌpleɪt) /

noun

a perforated circular metal plate that can be attached to the headstock of a lathe in order to hold flat or irregularly shaped workpieces
Also called: surface plate a flat rigid plate used to check the flatness and squareness of the faces of a component

the part of a cathode-ray tube carrying the phosphor screen

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