Usually means: Flat surface in printing presses.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. platen: Merriam-Webster
  2. platen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. platen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. platen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. platen: Vocabulary.com
  6. Platen, platen: Wordnik
  7. platen: Wiktionary
  8. platen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. platen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. platen: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Platen, platen: Dictionary.com
  12. Platen (Pomeranian family), Platen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Platen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. platen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. platen: Rhymezone
  16. Platen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. platen: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. platen: FreeDictionary.org
  19. platen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. platen: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. platen: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. platen: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (platen)

noun:  (printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
noun:  The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
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.
noun:  The flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier on which operators place items to be scanned.

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