1) French word used in English 2) Glossy finish on paper 3) Machine 4) Machine in a paper plant 5) Paper-making machine
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A calender is a series of hard pressure rollers used to form or smooth a sheet of material such as paper or plastic film. In a principal paper application, the calender is located at the end of a papermaking process (on-line). Those that are used separate from the process (off-line) are also called supercalenders. The purpose of a calender is to m...
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machine with rollers which presses paper or cloth
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• (n.) One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes. • (n.) One who pursues the business of calendering. • (n.) To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc. • (n.) A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc.,...
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To make paper smooth and glossy by passing it between rollers during manufacturing.
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Cal'en·der intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Calendered ;
present participle & verbal noun Calendering .] [ Confer French
calandrer . See
Calender ,
noun ] To press between rollers for...
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Cal'en·der noun [ French
calandre , Late Latin
calendra , corrupted from Latin
cylindrus a cylinder, Greek ............................ See
Cylinider .]
1. A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by...
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A calender is a machine consisting of two or more cylinders (calenders) revolving so nearly in contact with each other that cloth or paper passed between them is smoothed and glazed by their pressure, or some other kind of finish is imparted to the surface - a process known as calendering.
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archaic or obsolete terms > Occupations:Listed documents.
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n] - a machine that smoothes or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers 2. [v] - press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets
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To make the surface of paper smooth by pressing it between rollers during manufacturing.
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noun a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
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A process to flatten fabric involving alternating smooth metal and cloth-wrapped rollers, similar to ironing. The process can also be used to apply different finishes to pre-treated textiles, as well as to coat fabrics with plastics or rubber.
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