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Calendering
Table 4.3, Table 4.3.2
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Surface treatments
Subdomain (3rd level):  Calendering
Grammatical category:  Simple term
Grammar notes:  Uncountable
Definition:  Surface treatment following coating, which consists in passing the paper web through the calender, in order to increase the gloss and the smoothness of paper and, therefore, to improve its printability.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  An important disadvantage of calendering is the reduction of bending stiffness as thickness is reduced to improve surface characteristics.
Context source:  EN 48
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Coating
Hyponyms:  Soft nip calendering, Supercalendering
Hyperonyms:  Surface treatments
Related terms:  Calender
It:  Calandratura
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Calandrage
Degree of reliability FR:  3