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platen

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plat=en

CIDE DICTIONARY

platenn. [F. platine, fr. plat flat. See Plate, and cf. Platin.].
     The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

platen, n.
1 a plate in a printing-press which presses the paper against the type.
2 a cylindrical roller in a typewriter against which the paper is held.

Etymology
OF platine a flat piece f. plat flat

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