PLATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plating mean? 

• PLATING (noun)
  The noun PLATING has 2 senses:

1. a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface

2. the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)

  Familiarity information: PLATING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin coating of metal deposited on a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

metal plating; plating

Hypernyms ("plating" is a kind of...):

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plating"):

gold plate (a thin plating of gold on something)

silver plate (a thin layer of silver deposited on something)

Derivation:

plate (coat with a layer of metal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("plating" is a kind of...):

application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)

Derivation:

plate (coat with a layer of metal)

 Context examples 

Chromium hexavalent compounds are used in stainless steel production, in chrome plating, in the manufacture of dyes and pigments, in leather tanning, in wood preservation and are used as corrosion inhibitors.

(Chromium Hexavalent Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

At an average charge temperature between 49 and 60 degrees Celsius, the research did not observe any lithium plating.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This substance is mainly used in the production of wood preservatives and organic chemicals, but is also used in metal finishing and chrome plating and as a corrosion inhibitor.

(Chromium Trioxide, NCI Thesaurus)

The tomb in the day-time, and when wreathed with fresh flowers, had looked grim and gruesome enough; but now, some days afterwards, when the flowers hung lank and dead, their whites turning to rust and their greens to browns; when the spider and the beetle had resumed their accustomed dominance; when time-discoloured stone, and dust-encrusted mortar, and rusty, dank iron, and tarnished brass, and clouded silver-plating gave back the feeble glimmer of a candle, the effect was more miserable and sordid than could have been imagined.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

To confirm that lithium plating did not occur, they later fully discharged the cells and opened them for analysis.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

While conventional lithium batteries are charged and discharged at the same temperature, the researchers found they could circumvent the lithium plating issue by charging the battery to an elevated temperature of 60 degrees Celsius for a few minutes, then discharging it at cooler temperatures.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

However, such a speedy charge rate would require a battery to rapidly take in 400 kilowatts of energy, a feat that current vehicles cannot accomplish because it risks lithium plating (the formation of metallic lithium around the anode), which would severely deteriorate battery life.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)