TL;DR
Strike plate adjustment is the repositioning or filing of the metal plate on a door jamb so the latch bolt seats cleanly in its opening, curing doors that rattle, will not latch, or need a shoulder shove. Seasonal swelling and hinge sag move the latch as little as a sixteenth of an inch out of register, which is enough to miss.
What it means
Strike plate adjustment is the repositioning or filing of the metal plate on a door jamb so the latch bolt seats cleanly in its opening, curing doors that rattle, will not latch, or need a shoulder shove. Seasonal swelling and hinge sag move the latch as little as a sixteenth of an inch out of register, which is enough to miss. The fixes escalate from tightening hinge screws, to enlarging the strike opening with a file, to moving the plate and patching the old screw holes with glued dowels.
Where it sits in the glossary
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