
1) French word used in English 2) Part of a typewriter 3) Press part 4) Roller for the Underwood 5) Roller on a typewriter 6) Table 7) Typewriter component 8) Typewriter part 9) Typewriter roller 10) Work table of a machine tool
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- work table of a machine tool
- the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
- the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
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A platen (or platten) is typically a flat metal (or earlier, wooden) plate pressed against a medium (such as paper) to cause an impression in letterpress printing. Platen may also refer to a typewriter roller which friction-feeds paper into position below the typebars or print head. ==Other applications== ===Office equipment=== In office copiers a...
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• (n.) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by ...
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The large metal plates the mold attaches to on a plastic molding machine.
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Small letterpress that holds plate and paper parallel to each other. (Also known as a clam shell because of its opening and closing motion.)
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The glass scanning region on a flatbed scanner
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Plat'en noun [ French
platine , from
plat flat. See
Plate , and confer
Platin .]
(Machinery) (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, ...
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The glass scanning region on a flatbed scanner.
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[
n] - work table of a machine tool 2. [n] - the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type 3. [n] - the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
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Formerly common name in Austria (especially Lower Austria) for a large vineyard.
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noun the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
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The glass surface of a flatbed scanner on which reflective art is placed for scanning.
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