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platen |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Platen \Plat"en\, n. [F. platine, fr plat flat. See {Plate}, and cf {Platin}.] (Mach.) a The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made b Hence an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression. c The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called {table}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: platen n 1: the bed of a machine tool to which the work is clamped 2: the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type 3: the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
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