Definition of Planchet

1. Noun. A flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin.

Exact synonyms: Coin Blank
Generic synonyms: Disc, Disk

Definition of Planchet

1. n. A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.

Definition of Planchet

1. Noun. A flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Planchet

1. a flat piece of metal for stamping into a coin [n -S]

Medical Definition of Planchet

1. A small, flat plate or dish used to support a sample for radioactivity determination; the sample is usually evaporated on (in) the planchet. Origin: Fr. Planchette, dim. Of planche, plank (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Planchet

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

Literary usage of Planchet

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

1. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (1901)
"It was planchet; but planchet so well metamorphosed, by some of the fugitive ... Madeline introduced him before all the waiters; planchet addressed him in a ..."

2. The vicomte de Bragelonne; or, Ten years later by Alexandre Dumas (1858)
"planchet looked at d'Artagnan nervously. "Will you be away long ?" he inquired. " Oh, no ! ... Oh! my good gracious!" said planchet. VOL. II. D planchet ..."

3. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"The planchet of metal was horizontally laid upon this inferior mafs, to, ... which ia fattened upon a very thick wooden table, and the planchet being ..."

4. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (1901)
"It was planchet; but planchet so well metamorphosed, by some of the fugitive ... Madeline introduced him before all the waiters; planchet addressed him in a ..."

5. The vicomte de Bragelonne; or, Ten years later by Alexandre Dumas (1858)
"planchet looked at d'Artagnan nervously. "Will you be away long ?" he inquired. " Oh, no ! ... Oh! my good gracious!" said planchet. VOL. II. D planchet ..."

6. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"The planchet of metal was horizontally laid upon this inferior mafs, to, ... which ia fattened upon a very thick wooden table, and the planchet being ..."

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