Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plate count

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: plate -count
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of bacterial contamination of a sample.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The microbiological quality can be roughly evaluated by analyzing the food for total plate count (TPC). In some foods, high TPC may indicate poor quality. Food which appears normal may have a high TPC, indicating that the food is about to […]"
"The total plate count for soy flour intended for human consumption should be less than 20,000 per gram; typical analyses of flours made under proper sanitary conditions range from 4,000 to 7,000 per gram."

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

TPC

Questions

What does plate count mean?: A measure of bacterial contamination of a sample.

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