# surface plate

> solid, flat plate used as the main horizontal reference plane for precision inspection, marking out, and tooling setup

**Wikidata**: [Q2634225](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2634225)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_plate)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/surface-plate


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013