plate numbern.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪt ˌnʌmbə/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪt ˌnəmbər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plate n., number n.

Etymology: < plate n. + number n. With sense 2 compare earlier number-plate n. at number n. Compounds 1b.

†a. An issue of a journal or magazine containing illustrative plates. Obsolete. rare.

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1834 N.-Y. Mirror 8 Mar. 288/4 The last plate-number, which contained Your private letter..Has everywhere applause obtained.

b. A serial number denoting the position of a plate in a publication.

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1887 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 3 300 All are marked with the plate numbers of the original publication.

1916 Bot. Gaz. 61 338 The size recommended for plates is 5x7½ inches, exclusive of the space used by the publisher for the volume number, plate number, and title.

1961 C. C. Johnson Wildflowers of N. Amer. 276 This index is by popular name followed by the Latin botanical name in italics, then the plate number and lastly the page number.

1999 J. E. Winston Describing Species vii. 134 Figure or plate numbers illustrating the taxon described often directly follow the species name and authority citation.

2. The registration number of a motor vehicle, displayed on a number-plate; = licence number n. at licence n. Compounds.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > registration number

registration number1841

index number1875

plate number1881

registration mark1903

registration1930

licence number1937

rego1967

1881 Times 21 Dec. 4/6 Witness took the plate number of the cab, which was 3,792.

1973 W. Soyinka Season of Anomy ix. 155 You go out in the streets with a plate number which says you came from down this side of the river and man, you go right over the other side of that much wider river.

1990 S. Enright & T. Powell Anxiety & Stress Managem. (BNC) 107 An example might be to focus on car number plates and seeing if you can make a word containing all the letters of the plate number.

2004 Bahrain Tribune (Nexis) 10 June Witnesses gave police a description of the car—a greenish golden Chevrolet Blazer—and a plate number.

3. Philately. A serial number designating a particular plate from which sheets or coils of stamps are printed, appearing in the margin of each sheet, or at the edge of certain stamps in a coil, or as part of the design on each stamp.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting stamps > [noun] > related matters

perforation gauge1882

plate number1912

cover1923

first-day cover1926

1912 Gloss. Philatelic Terms 19 Plate Numbers, numbers inserted in the margins of plates from which stamps are printed, indicating (in the case of British and British Colonial stamps) the order in which the plates for those particular values were made.

1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps v. 63 In complete sheets all Bradbury Wilkinson printings bear a plate number, in the lower margin to the right; this consists of a number or a number and letter.

1994 Stamp Mag. Nov. 43/2 The collection..including an almost complete assembly of the Queen Victoria 1d red plates, in corner blocks with plate numbers.

4. A serial number on the pages of some engraved music, usually serving to indicate the chronological place of the score in the publisher's output.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > serial number on printed music

plate number1940

1940 Papers Amer. Musicological Soc. 1938 114 [Hoffmeister] made arrangements in 1784 with the publisher..to do the engraving for him... Work issued during this period either had no plate number engraved at the foot of the plates, or else used as an identifying device the opus number of the composition.

1946 O. E. Deutsch Music Publishers' Numbers 7 This list..is..only a preliminary compilation of titles and plate-numbers known to the authors.

1966 J. H. Davies Musicalia xv. 139 The dating of music by publishers' plate-numbers and paper~makers' watermarks begins to achieve some degree of accuracy.

2001 Amer. Rec. Guide (Nexis) 1 Nov. 183 The plate numbers for a few of Diabelli's editions of Schubert's songs precede those of the piano versions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plate number
释义	plate numbern. Brit. /ˈpleɪt ˌnʌmbə/, U.S. /ˈpleɪt ˌnəmbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plate n., number n. Etymology: < plate n. + number n. With sense 2 compare earlier number-plate n. at number n. Compounds 1b. 1. †a. An issue of a journal or magazine containing illustrative plates. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1834 N.-Y. Mirror 8 Mar. 288/4 The last plate-number, which contained Your private letter..Has everywhere applause obtained. b. A serial number denoting the position of a plate in a publication. ΚΠ 1887 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 3 300 All are marked with the plate numbers of the original publication. 1916 Bot. Gaz. 61 338 The size recommended for plates is 5x7½ inches, exclusive of the space used by the publisher for the volume number, plate number, and title. 1961 C. C. Johnson Wildflowers of N. Amer. 276 This index is by popular name followed by the Latin botanical name in italics, then the plate number and lastly the page number. 1999 J. E. Winston Describing Species vii. 134 Figure or plate numbers illustrating the taxon described often directly follow the species name and authority citation. 2. The registration number of a motor vehicle, displayed on a number-plate; = licence number n. at licence n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > registration number registration number1841 index number1875 plate number1881 registration mark1903 registration1930 licence number1937 rego1967 1881 Times 21 Dec. 4/6 Witness took the plate number of the cab, which was 3,792. 1973 W. Soyinka Season of Anomy ix. 155 You go out in the streets with a plate number which says you came from down this side of the river and man, you go right over the other side of that much wider river. 1990 S. Enright & T. Powell Anxiety & Stress Managem. (BNC) 107 An example might be to focus on car number plates and seeing if you can make a word containing all the letters of the plate number. 2004 Bahrain Tribune (Nexis) 10 June Witnesses gave police a description of the car—a greenish golden Chevrolet Blazer—and a plate number. 3. Philately. A serial number designating a particular plate from which sheets or coils of stamps are printed, appearing in the margin of each sheet, or at the edge of certain stamps in a coil, or as part of the design on each stamp. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting stamps > [noun] > related matters perforation gauge1882 plate number1912 cover1923 first-day cover1926 1912 Gloss. Philatelic Terms 19 Plate Numbers, numbers inserted in the margins of plates from which stamps are printed, indicating (in the case of British and British Colonial stamps) the order in which the plates for those particular values were made. 1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps v. 63 In complete sheets all Bradbury Wilkinson printings bear a plate number, in the lower margin to the right; this consists of a number or a number and letter. 1994 Stamp Mag. Nov. 43/2 The collection..including an almost complete assembly of the Queen Victoria 1d red plates, in corner blocks with plate numbers. 4. A serial number on the pages of some engraved music, usually serving to indicate the chronological place of the score in the publisher's output. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > [noun] > serial number on printed music plate number1940 1940 Papers Amer. Musicological Soc. 1938 114 [Hoffmeister] made arrangements in 1784 with the publisher..to do the engraving for him... Work issued during this period either had no plate number engraved at the foot of the plates, or else used as an identifying device the opus number of the composition. 1946 O. E. Deutsch Music Publishers' Numbers 7 This list..is..only a preliminary compilation of titles and plate-numbers known to the authors. 1966 J. H. Davies Musicalia xv. 139 The dating of music by publishers' plate-numbers and paper~makers' watermarks begins to achieve some degree of accuracy. 2001 Amer. Rec. Guide (Nexis) 1 Nov. 183 The plate numbers for a few of Diabelli's editions of Schubert's songs precede those of the piano versions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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