laiuse ja paksuse suure suhtega lehtmetallivaltspinkides rullide või lehtedena toodetav valtsmetall; paksuse järgi saab eristada paksplekki, õhukeplekki ja fooliumi (vt õhukeplekk, paksplekk, foolium), a flat-rolled metal product of some maximum thickness and minimum width arbitrarily dependent on the type of metal; it has a width-to-thickness ratio greater than about 50; generally, such flat products under 6.5 mm in thick are called sheets, and those 6.5 mm thick and over are called plates (see: sheet, plate, foil)