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Noun: platen  pla-t(u)n
  1. Work table of a machine tool
     
  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

Derived forms: platens

Type of: plate, roller, table

Encyclopedia: Platen, Luxembourg

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