1. Work table of a machine tool 
2. The flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type 
3. The roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike

Derived forms: platens

Type of: plate, roller, table

Encyclopedia: Platen Platen, August, Graf von Platen-Hallermund Platen, Luxembourg

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