From 1960 to 2005, new immigrants and their U.S.-born descendants accounted for 51% of population increase. In the later part of that period, from 1980 to 2005, new immigration accounted for 58% of the 68 million additional people.
1 An escutcheon plate is the disc around a plumbing pipe at the wall penetration that seals the wall opening. The photo above shows a chrome escutcheon plate where the water supply pipe for a toilet enters the wall. You will also find escutcheon plates at the pipe penetrations under sinks and behind water heaters.
2. a person or thing that guards or defends. 3. any of various devices or barriers for protection, as from injury. 4. an escutcheon typically having a broad top and pointed bottom and displaying armorial bearings. 5. something shaped like a shield. 6. a police officer's, detective's, or sheriff's badge. 7. a bulletproof screen attached to a gun to protect its crew, mechanism, etc. 8. a protective plate or the like on the body of an animal, as a scute, enlarged scale, etc.