Associations to the word «Platen»

Wiktionary

PLATEN, noun. The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
PLATEN, noun. The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
PLATEN, noun. The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.
PLATEN, noun. The flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier on which operators place items to be scanned.

Dictionary definition

PLATEN, noun. Work table of a machine tool.
PLATEN, noun. The flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type.
PLATEN, noun. The roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King