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A form of patress — An adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, e.g. in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of patress
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