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Definition of platen in English: platennoun ˈplat(ə)nˈplætn 1The plate in a small letterpress printing press which presses the paper against the type. 压印盘，压印板 Example sentencesExamples - Its 207-ton moving platen is the third largest nodular iron casting in the world.
- The first power-driven platen press was developed about 1822.
- All these prototypes were shaped into panels of various commercial thicknesses with a steam-heated platen press.
- The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking the impression.
- Expect to spend at least a grand on one, if not more, depending on the size of the heat element and platen.
2The cylindrical roller in a typewriter against which the paper is held. （打字机上的）压纸卷筒 Example sentencesExamples - Strangely I feel this too with the early poems, a sense of deliberation, you can almost hear the typewriter keys hit the paper on the platen.
- Crack open any inkjet, and you'll find the same parts - paper feed, platens, optical tracking tape, and so on.
- I'd set it up on the desk in my bedroom and feed a couple of sheets of paper down behind the platen roller.
OriginLate 16th century: from French platine 'flat piece' from plat 'flat'. Rhymesbaton, batten, fatten, flatten, harmattan, Manhattan, Mountbatten, paten, patten, pattern, Saturn, slattern Definition of platen in US English: platennounˈplatnˈplætn 1The plate in a small letterpress printing press which presses the paper against the type. 压印盘，压印板 Example sentencesExamples - Its 207-ton moving platen is the third largest nodular iron casting in the world.
- Expect to spend at least a grand on one, if not more, depending on the size of the heat element and platen.
- All these prototypes were shaped into panels of various commercial thicknesses with a steam-heated platen press.
- The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking the impression.
- The first power-driven platen press was developed about 1822.
2The cylindrical roller in a typewriter against which the paper is held. （打字机上的）压纸卷筒 Example sentencesExamples - I'd set it up on the desk in my bedroom and feed a couple of sheets of paper down behind the platen roller.
- Crack open any inkjet, and you'll find the same parts - paper feed, platens, optical tracking tape, and so on.
- Strangely I feel this too with the early poems, a sense of deliberation, you can almost hear the typewriter keys hit the paper on the platen.
OriginLate 16th century: from French platine ‘flat piece’ from plat ‘flat’. |