Usually means: Layer beneath crust, supports lithosphere.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (underplate)

noun:  An armoured plate that forms part of a mortice lock.
noun:  (geology) A tectonic plate that forms or moves under another.
verb:  (geology) To act as an underplate.

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