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BACKPLATE
backplate
(noun) plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
backplate (plural backplates)
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A wood or metal plate that serves as a backing for an object.
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"piece`, Back"plate`, n. Etym: [Back,n.or a. + piece, plate. ]
Definition: A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONNECTION
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
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