Definition of Platelike

1. Adjective. As the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks.

Exact synonyms: Placoid
Similar to: Planar, Two-dimensional

Definition of Platelike

1. Adjective. Having characteristics of a plate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Platelike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Platelike

platelet endothelial cell activated protease
platelet factor 3
platelet factor 4
platelet function test
platelet glycoprotein gpiib-iiia complex
platelet membrane glycoproteins
platelet storage pool deficiency
platelet thrombosis
platelet tissue factor
platelet transfusion
plateletphereses
plateletpheresis
platelets
platelike (current term)
platelike atelectasis
platels
platemaker
platemakers
platemaking
platemakings
plateman
platemen
platen
platencin
platens
platensimycin
plateosaurus
plater

Literary usage of Platelike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Finland as it is by Harry de Windt (1901)
"The white, linen, soup-platelike caps are the same in summer; and in winter the astrakhan headdress is identical; in fact, outwardly, the Finnish officer ..."

2. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"149, br) of the Pelecypoda consist of a pair of platelike structures situated ... Notwithstanding their platelike form they are modifications of the plumose ..."

3. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"... icid to urine large platelike crystals of uric arid out? ... platelike crystals of basic magnesium ..."

4. Elements of Biology: A Practical Text-book Correlating Botany, Zoology, and by George William Hunter (1907)
"It may be platelike, ribbon- shaped, threadlike, globular, or even irregular in form. The thallus plants may be grouped in two great divisions: the ..."

5. Studies in Zoology: An Introduction to the Study of Animals for Secondary by James Andrew Merrill (1902)
"FF. Lateral suture of prothorax distinct; base of pro- thorax as wide as the elytra. G. Antennae filiform. H. Hind coxae platelike Mordellidae. HH. ..."

6. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1910)
"Spiegeleisen has a brilliant platelike crystalline structure, whence it takes its ... The less common of the crystal types is platelike and similar to the ..."

7. Manganese Deposits of the United States with Sections on Foreign Deposits by Edmund Cecil Harder (1910)
"Spiegeleisen has a brilliant platelike crystalline structure, whence it takes its ... The less common of the crystal types is platelike and similar to the ..."

8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Another preparation of platelike boehmite was obtained by autoclaving 65 ml of a suspension of alumina sol with 5 ml of IN acetic acid for 2 hours at 220°C. ..."

9. Finland as it is by Harry de Windt (1901)
"The white, linen, soup-platelike caps are the same in summer; and in winter the astrakhan headdress is identical; in fact, outwardly, the Finnish officer ..."

10. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"149, br) of the Pelecypoda consist of a pair of platelike structures situated ... Notwithstanding their platelike form they are modifications of the plumose ..."

11. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"... icid to urine large platelike crystals of uric arid out? ... platelike crystals of basic magnesium ..."

12. Elements of Biology: A Practical Text-book Correlating Botany, Zoology, and by George William Hunter (1907)
"It may be platelike, ribbon- shaped, threadlike, globular, or even irregular in form. The thallus plants may be grouped in two great divisions: the ..."

13. Studies in Zoology: An Introduction to the Study of Animals for Secondary by James Andrew Merrill (1902)
"FF. Lateral suture of prothorax distinct; base of pro- thorax as wide as the elytra. G. Antennae filiform. H. Hind coxae platelike Mordellidae. HH. ..."

14. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1910)
"Spiegeleisen has a brilliant platelike crystalline structure, whence it takes its ... The less common of the crystal types is platelike and similar to the ..."

15. Manganese Deposits of the United States with Sections on Foreign Deposits by Edmund Cecil Harder (1910)
"Spiegeleisen has a brilliant platelike crystalline structure, whence it takes its ... The less common of the crystal types is platelike and similar to the ..."

16. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Another preparation of platelike boehmite was obtained by autoclaving 65 ml of a suspension of alumina sol with 5 ml of IN acetic acid for 2 hours at 220°C. ..."

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