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Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope..

Shade :: Shade (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib..

Torsel :: Torsel (n.) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.

Endostoma :: Endostoma (n.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

Now :: Now (adv.) At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.

Polarizer :: Polarizer (n.) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal..

Bath :: Bath (n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution..

Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..

Parietal :: Parietal (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes..

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..

Tegulated :: Tegulated (a.) Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor..

Compressor :: Compressor (n.) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.

Malleate :: Malleate (v. t.) To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.

Turnplate :: Turnplate (n.) A turntable.

Ballet :: Ballet (n.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color..

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute..

Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool..

Griddle :: Griddle (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.

Sclerodermous :: Sclerodermous () Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates..

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