A plate is a type of electrode that forms part of a vacuum tube. The plate is impressed with a positive charge so that it may capture and flow electrons within a circuit.
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“Our press is certainly bankrupt in the thrill of aweMotherwise reverence: reverence for nickel plate and brummagem. Let us sincerely hope that this fact will remain a fact forever; for to my mind a discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)