a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
- (transitive)
to subject (material) to such a process
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cal•en•der
(kal′ən dər),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
cal′en•der•er, n.
Cal•en•der (kal′ən dər),USA pronunciation n.
- Mechanical Engineering, Textilesa machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
- Textiles, Mechanical Engineeringa machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.
v.t.
- Mechanical Engineering, Textilesto press in a calender.
- Anglo-French) as name of occupation
- Vulgar Latin *colendra, for Latin cylindrus cylinder; compare Middle English calendrer (
- *colandre
- Middle French calandre, by vowel assimilation
- 1505–15
Cal•en•der (kal′ən dər),USA pronunciation n.
- Eastern Religions, Religionqalandar.
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