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Platen
Meaning
Noun
●
In Printing:
The part of a
printing press
which
presses
the
paper
against the type and by which the
impression
is made.
●
The part of a
typewriter
or
printer
on which the
paper
rests
to
receive
an impression.
●
The
movable
table
of a
planer
or other
machine tool
, on which the work is
fastened
, and
presented
to the
action
of the
tool
.
●
The
flat
glass
surface
of a
scanner
or
photocopier
on which
operators
place
items
to be scanned.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
platen
English
platine
French
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Platen
Flatten
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Simvastatin
Somatostatin
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