Definition of Planchettes

1. Noun. (plural of planchette) ¹

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Definition of Planchettes

1. planchette [n] - See also: planchette

Lexicographical Neighbors of Planchettes

planarizes
planarizing
planarizings
planarly
planate
planation
planations
planch
planche
planched
plancher
planches
planchet
planchets
planchette
planchettes (current term)
planching
planchings
planctomycete
plane
plane-parallel
plane-polarized
plane-polarized light
plane-tree family
plane angle
plane curve
plane figure
plane geometry
plane joint
plane of ecliptic

Literary usage of Planchettes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China by Edward John Hardy (1906)
"The geomancer—The almanack—Sellers of lies—Palmists, spirit-mediums, and other humbugs—planchettes—The ..."

2. Architectural Pottery: Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled Terra-cottas ...by Léon Lefêvre by Léon Lefêvre (1900)
"... Transformation into Flat Tiles, into Jointed Tiles—Screw, Cam and Revolver Presses—Particulars of Tile-presses—(2) Drying— planchettes, Shelves, ..."

3. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1868)
"They trundle in the windows of the tract-house and tobacco stores, dunce among opera scores and Sunday school bonks—heart-shaped planchettes, ..."

4. Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals by Samuel Franklin Emmons, George Ferdinand Becker (1885)
"They punch two planchettes, side by side, from the strip at a single stroke. ... Testing the planchettes.—A trial blank is taken from the middle and from ..."

5. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Things in China by Edward John Hardy (1906)
"The geomancer—The almanack—Sellers of lies—Palmists, spirit-mediums, and other humbugs—planchettes—The ..."

6. Architectural Pottery: Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled Terra-cottas ...by Léon Lefêvre by Léon Lefêvre (1900)
"... Transformation into Flat Tiles, into Jointed Tiles—Screw, Cam and Revolver Presses—Particulars of Tile-presses—(2) Drying— planchettes, Shelves, ..."

7. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1868)
"They trundle in the windows of the tract-house and tobacco stores, dunce among opera scores and Sunday school bonks—heart-shaped planchettes, ..."

8. Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals by Samuel Franklin Emmons, George Ferdinand Becker (1885)
"They punch two planchettes, side by side, from the strip at a single stroke. ... Testing the planchettes.—A trial blank is taken from the middle and from ..."

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