platen

From French platine, from plat (“flat”). See plate, and compare platin.

• Rhymes: -ætən
• IPA^(key): /ˈplætən/

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platen (plural platens)

1. (printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
   • 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 382:

     And the form is inked, the paper is applied, the bed is slid, and the platen is levered down and the proof is printed.

2. The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
3. The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.
4. The flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier on which operators place items to be scanned.

• Plante, pental, planet

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platen

1. plural of plaat

• lapten, plante

• plata

platen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of plate

platen

1. genitive dual/plural of platno