- machine calender
- noun
: a calender stack with all metal rolls placed in the line of flow of the paper between the driers and the winder — compare supercalender
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
machine calender
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Machine calender — Каландр … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
calender — (v.) to pass through a calender, a machine which smooths and presses paper, cloth, etc., 1510s, from Fr. calandre, the machine name, from M.L. calendra, so called from the shape of the machine used, from L. cylindrus, from Gk. kylindros roll,… … Etymology dictionary
Calender — Cal en*der, n. [F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. ?????????. See {Cylinider}.] 1. A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calender — calender1 [kal′ən dər] n. [Fr calendre < ML calendra < L cylindrus, CYLINDER] a machine with rollers between which paper, cloth, etc. is run, as to give it a smooth or glossy finish vt. [Fr calendrer < the n.] to process (paper, cloth,… … English World dictionary
Paper-machine calender — Машинный каландр … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Calender — This article is about a device for smoothing paper. For the method of timekeeping, see calendar. A calender (or kalandar) is also an order of dervishes in Turkey and Persia. The calender is a series of hard pressure rollers at the end of a… … Wikipedia
calender — calenderer, n. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders. 2. a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires. v … Universalium
calender — cal·en·der || kælɪndÉ™ v. press or smooth a material by running it through a calender n. machine with two rotating cylinders that presses cloth or paper to give it a smooth surface; machine used to cover fabric with rubber … English contemporary dictionary
calender — cal•en•der [[t]ˈkæl ən dər[/t]] n. v. dered, der•ing 1) mac tex a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders 2) mac a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the… … From formal English to slang
calender — /ˈkæləndə/ (say kaluhnduh) noun 1. a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between revolving cylinders. 2. Printing paper glazed by such a machine. –verb (t) 3. to press in a calender. {French calandre …
