Floorplate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring.
  2. 2
    A horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate.
  3. 3
    The structural base plate of the floors (storeys) of a building, usually made up of bottom panels, floor panels, floor slabs, paving slabs, hollow core slabs or beams or joists in timber constructions.

    "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."

  4. 4
    A specialized glial structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms.

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From floor + plate.

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