viewplate

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noun

An electronic screen capable of displaying images or data.

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Meanings

nounviewplate (plural viewplates)

plural viewplates

  1. archaicliteratureAn electronic screen capable of displaying images or data.

    Then the skeleton flitter moved to the left—out into the glare of the early day, a light too bright, even through the shielded viewplates of his helmet.

    1956, Andrew North [pseudonym; Andre Norton], Plague Ship, New York, N.Y.: Gnome Press, page 146

    Synonyms: vidscreen, videoscreen, viewscreen, visiscreen, visiplate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn electronic screen capable of displaying images or data.

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vidscreenvideoscreenviewscreenvisiscreenvisiplate
Also see
visiplatevisiscreen

Origin

Compound of view + plate

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Cite this entry
APA

viewplate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viewplate

MLA

“viewplate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viewplate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viewplate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viewplate.

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