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quarter plate

British  

noun

  1. a photographic plate measuring 3 1/ 4 × 4 1/ 4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)

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Chacko put a leg of chicken and some finger chips onto a quarter plate for Rahel.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

A quarter plate can thus be cut up into strips to yield about a dozen comparative experiments.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

There is really no difficulty in cutting strips a quarter of an inch wide, the lengthway of a quarter plate.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

The spectrum will be seen on the ground glass, probably equal in dimensions to that of a quarter plate.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

Most of my exposures are made with an Adams Minex Reflex camera, quarter plate size.

From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America