platen
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈplætən/
- Specialized
:
plato
- The typewriter's platen was made of rubber, allowing the letters to imprint perfectly on the paper.
- platen press
Examples
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The smoke clears, and we see that on the far side of the vault there is a huge platen on wheels with bricks of gold stacked onto it.
Fiction book (1994) -
His hands shake no longer, and as he rolls a sheet of paper into the platen, he smiles just a little.
Fiction book (1998) -
Yes, but this entry way is too small to get the platen out.
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The top half uses a steel frame that serves as an upper press platen.
Academic text (1999) -
A platen press.
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Wooden screw presses were updated with the iron Stanhope press in Britain around 1800, followed by other iron platen presses.
Academic text (2016) -
Current printing processes are no longer planographic and performed with a platen press, but make use of the high-throughput capabilities of cylindrical rotary presses.
Academic text (2001) -
The AFMA researchers realigned the equipment, lubricated the platen guide posts, and installed a new drive chain and hardened attachment pins, respectively.
Academic text (1992) -
While at Stanford University on a one-year poetry fellowship, I left an application to the Yale Divinity School clamped to the platen of my typewriter for two weeks.
Academic text (2000) -
As I placed the sheet of paper on the printing press, I carefully aligned it with the platen to ensure a clear impression.
Synonyms
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3.4
A flat thin piece of material like metal or bone
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7.8
The flat surface of a printing press where the letters are placed
A flat plate under a machine that gives support
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Platen comes from an old word for a flat plate, like a metal 'plate' or board. So a platen is the flat part in a machine that presses, holds, or supports paper and other items.