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platel | platelayer | platelet | plateletpheresis | platelike | Platen | plater | plateresque | platetrope | platform | platform bed

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Platen

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Noun

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plat=en

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Platen has 3 senses

platen(n = noun.artifact) Array - work table of a machine tool; Array

platen(n = noun.artifact) Array - the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type; Array

platen(n = noun.artifact) Array - the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike; Array

CIDE DICTIONARY

Platen, n. [F. platine, fr. plat flat. See Plate, and cf. Platin.].

The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Platen, n.
1 a plate in a printing-press which presses the paper against the type.
2 a cylindrical roller in a typewriter against which the paper is held.

Etymology

OF platine a flat piece f. plat flat

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