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- Secondary term
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plate, pitcher's
- URI
- https://nomenclature.info/nom/14982 (opens semantic view)
- Definition
- A rectangular slab of white rubber, measuring 6 inches (15 centimeters) by 2 feet (61 centimeters) across, with metallic stakes fixed to the base and placed in the field in the center of the pitcher's mound. Set solidly into ground and used by the baseball pitcher, to mark where they must stand to throw the ball.
- Definition source(s)
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- American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.
- English
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- Term (International)
- pitcher's plate
- Inverted term (International)
- plate, pitcher's
- Alternative term(s)
- pitcher's rubber
- French
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- Term (International)
- plaque du lanceur
- Term gender (International)
- feminine
- Date created
- 2020-01-27
- Date updated
- 2020-11-09
- Bibliographic citation(s)
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- Office québécois de la langue française. n.d. “plaque du lanceur.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Accessed August 12, 2019. http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=17489272.
- Translation Bureau / Bureau de la traduction. n.d. “pitcher’s plate / plaque du lanceur.” Termium Plus. Accessed August 13, 2019. http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?lang=fra&i=1&srchtxt=pitcher%27s+plate&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs.
- Wikipedia. n.d. “Baseball Field.” Wikipedia. Accessed August 13, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_field.
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