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Definition of Electroplate

1. Noun. Any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis.

2. Verb. Coat with metal by electrolysis. "Electroplate the watch"

Definition of Electroplate

1. v. t. To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis.

Definition of Electroplate

1. Verb. (transitive) To coat an object with a thin layer of metal using electrolysis ¹

2. Noun. Electroplated objects ¹

3. Noun. The layer of metal deposited in the course of electroplating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Electroplate

1. [v -PLATED, -PLATING, -PLATES]

Medical Definition of Electroplate

1. To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis. Origin: Electroplating. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electroplate

electrophotographic electrophotographically electrophotography electrophototherapy electrophrenic electrophrenic respiration electrophylic electrophysiologic audiometry electrophysiological electrophysiological studies

electrophysiologically electrophysiologist electrophysiologists electrophysiology electroplatable electroplate (current term) electroplated electroplater electroplaters electroplates

electroplating electroplatings electroplax electroplaxes electropneumograph electropolar electropolishing electropolymerization electropolymerizations electropolymerized

Literary usage of Electroplate

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

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Brobdingnagian, huge beyond 3. Stimulate by galvanism, bring to a mock vitality. 2. electroplate. Gambier, n. [Written also Gambir and Gam- earth. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A method of producing an electroplate which may be used in a printing- press. The essential features of the process are the use of a zinc plate covered with ..."

3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1902)
"A Flagon of electroplate. Height, 10J inches. 12, 13. Two Glass Cruets. ... A Lavabo of electroplate. Diameter, 6 inches; depth, | inch. 15. ..."

4. History of the Diocese of Meath by John Healy (1908)
"They have also an electroplate chalice and paten, given to the parish in 1815 by ... All the other vessels are electroplate. The Mullingar plate dates from ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"For some time past there has been a tendency to substitute for electroplate — that is, German silver plated with real silver — white alloys having nickel ..."

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