PLATENS

Noun

platens

plural of platen

Anagrams

• Plantes, planest, planets

Source: Wiktionary


PLATEN

Plat"en, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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