Mother Plate
Type: noun
Pronunciation: /muth-er-playt/
Also spelled or known as: Mother
Plural: Mother Plates
Related: Vinyl Manufacturing
What does Mother Plate mean? The master blueprint vinyl plate in the pressing process; an intermediate metal plate created during vinyl manufacturing which is used to produce stampers.
The mother is used to create multiple stampers while preserving the original master.
Mother Plate synonyms: Mother, Mother Disc
Example sentence: “Several stampers were produced from the same mother plate.”
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