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Machine calendering
Table 4.2
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Paper web manufacture
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Uncountable
Definition:  Mechanical treatment in which the paper web is made to pass in the machine calender, in order to obtain a smoother and more uniform surface and to improve, consequently, its printability.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  The most common operation, machine calendering (usually called simply ’calendering’), is the passage of paper through one or more nips formed by a set of iron rolls, and is the principal on-machine calendering operation.
Context source:  EN 9
Attestation:  3
Related terms:  Machine calender, Drying, Reeling
It:  Lisciatura
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Lissage
Degree of reliability FR:  3