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plating Definition

plat·ing (plāt)

noun

  1. the act or process of a person or thing that plates
  2. an external layer of metal plates
  3. a thin coating of gold, silver, tin, etc.

plating Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • require: An e mail received from the casualty's friend confirmed the team diagnosis and noted that the ankle required plating and external fixation.
  • include: The operation consists of various mechanical and chemical processes, including acid copper plating and chemical etching.

Adjective modifier

  • electroless: The company has the formula to Black electroless nickel plating, which is not currently put to use.
  • gold: We will eliminate the gold plating of EU laws.
  • ceramic: Same as C and D. Requires ceramic plating and has no oversizes.
  • thick: Fierce fighting went on all evening with high explosive shells ripping into thick armor plating.
  • thin: Moisture in the board escapes through either thin copper plating or voids in the plating.
  • shell: The steel skin may also be called shell plating.

Modifies a noun

  • thickness: Conversely, when plating isolated tracks, the plating thickness can be substantially greater than desired.
  • bath: All these methods need physical modifications to the plating bath.
  • certificate: The only way we can know for sure is by sight of the plating certificate.
  • solution: Be able to identify the reasons for the use of high throw versions of the plating solutions.
  • process: A plating process builds up nickel to the required thickness around the resist areas.
  • shop: I'll just send some stuff out to the local plating shop.

Noun used with modifier

  • rhodium: When the rhodium plating wears through, the color of the actual " white " alloy can be seen.
  • chromium: The very good chromium plating cost an additional DM 342.
  • chrome: Google brings up several hits for hard chrome plating in the UK.
  • nickel: Nickel plating can be used to reclaim worn out or over machined surfaces.
  • armor: The problem was the car's dense armor plating.
  • cadmium: Cadmium ion plating: The deposition of cadmium by a vacuum process to provide galvanic corrosion protection.