The process of coating a metal object with a thin layer of another metal, typically for protection or decoration. Also refers to the arrangement of food on a plate for presentation.
From Middle English 'plate' via Old French from Latin 'plattus' meaning flat. The metallurgical sense developed in the 18th century with industrial electroplating techniques.
The art of plating revolutionized both industry and cuisine - from gold-plated jewelry that makes luxury affordable to the precise plating techniques that transform simple ingredients into restaurant masterpieces. Interestingly, electroplating was discovered accidentally in 1805 when Luigi Brugnatelli was experimenting with electric batteries.
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