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Meaning of planchette | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
plænˈʃɛt

Definitions

  1. A small plank.
  2. A type of Ouija board. (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 interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)
  3. A plane table.
  4. One of the round colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency.

Equivalents

Français planchette
Türkçe plançete

Examples

“Some general security features to look for in both Canadian and American currency are . . .small green dots or "planchettes" randomly embedded throughout the paper that glow under ultraviolet light.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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