backplate

English

noun
Definitions
  • A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
  • (underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
  • A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
  • A wood or metal plate that serves as a backing for an object.
  • (UK) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
  • Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.

Etymology

Compound from English back (mild drink, back, chaser) + English plate (slang for vinyl record).

Origin

English

plate

Gloss

slang for vinyl record

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