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Platen

Platen Meaning & Definition
Platen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Platen?

[n] the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
[n] the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
[n] work table of a machine tool

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See Also | plate | roller | table

Platen In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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