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Platin :: Platin (n.) See Platen.

Rounce :: Rounce (n.) The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen..

Platen :: Platen (n.) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press.

Platen :: Platen (n.) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression..

Platen :: Platen (n.) The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table..

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