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Platen

nounid 107508·updated May 18, 2026
verified

the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Platens
possessive
Platen's
pluralpossessive
Platens'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
§2
the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
§3
work table of a machine tool
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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