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Guillotine
Table 4.4
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Finishing operations
Grammatical category:  Simple term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Machine equipped with a heavy removable knife for trimming or dividing stacks of paper with a downwards slicing action.
Definition source:  EN 9
Context:  A guillotine (trimmer) was formerly used to cut all sheets requiring precise dimensions. As sheeters have become increasingly precise and automated, so the role of guillotines has changed to cutting the less standard sizes. A guillotine may incorporate an air table to ease operation.
Context source:  EN 48
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Simplex sheeter, Duplex sheeter
Hyperonyms:  Sheeter
Synonyms:  Trimmer
Related terms:  Trimming
It:  Taglierina a ghigliottina
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Massicot
Degree of reliability FR:  3