2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Platen \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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
platen
n 1: the bed of a machine tool to which the work is clamped
2: the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper
against the type
3: the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
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