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

 plat·en /ˈplætṇ/
 壓盤,滾筒

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 platen
 滾洞;滾筒;列印墊板

From: Network Terminology

 platen
 滾筒

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plat·en n.  Mach. (a) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. (b) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression. (c) 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 platen
      n 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