floorplate
English
Alternative forms
- floor plate
Etymology
floor + plate
Noun
floorplate (plural floorplates)
- A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring.
- 2007 July 25, Alison Gregor, “Serving Small Tenants With Offices Cut Down to Size”, in New York Times:
- In that new building, which has large 40,000-square-foot floorplates, some of the large tenants may want to be assured of an option to grow.
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- (biology) A specialized glial structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms.