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Armor plating   /ˈɑrmər plˈeɪtɪŋ/   Listen
Armor plating

noun
1.
Specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire.  Synonyms: armor plate, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour.





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... recent times, researches have been making upon the efficacy of armor plating, no longer in its exaggeration of thickness, but in the intrinsic quality of the metal of which it is composed. Metallurgists have applied themselves to the work and have thus brought out various products, among which the plates called "compound," of Messrs. Cammell & Co., have obtained ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 • Various


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