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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 plan·chette /plænˈʃɛt/
 塒乩寫字板

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plan·chette n.
 1. A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.
 2. A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 planchette
      n : a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly
          touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out
          supernatural (or unconscious) messages