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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

key′ plate′, [Print.]

Printing(in color printing) the plate providing the greatest definition of detail, usually the black plate, on which the other plates are registered.

1905–10

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he inner plate, which contains the key-hole

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