Platen Definition

plătn
noun
In a typewriter, the roller against which the keys strike the ribbon and paper.
Webster's New World
The roller in a printer against which the print head strikes.
American Heritage
A flat metal plate, as that in a printing press which presses the paper against the inked type.
Webster's New World
The glass surface of a flatbed scanner.
American Heritage

The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.

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Other Word Forms of Platen

Noun

Singular:
platen
Plural:
platens

Origin of Platen

  • Middle English plateine paten from Old French platine metal plate from plat flat plate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French platine, from plat flat. See plate, and compare platin.

    From Wiktionary

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