WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
e′quato′rial plate′, [Cell Biol.]
  1. the central plane of the spindle in a dividing cell, to which chromosomes migrate during the metaphase of mitosis or meiosis.
  • 1885–90

'equatorial plate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
metaphase

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