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Definition of flat-bed in English English dictionary

flatbed
a railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar
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(Computing) a scanner, plotter, or other device which keeps paper flat during use
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a long flat area or structure
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[as modifier] denoting a letterpress printing machine in which the forme is carried on a horizontal surface
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[as modifier] denoting a vehicle with a flat load-carrying area
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Noun: A type of sewing machine or serger which is intended to be installed into a table or cabinet such that the sewing surface of the machine becomes continuous with the table or cabinet surface This can be very nice because it helps support large fabric objects you may be sewing, but eliminates the advantages of a free arm
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A flat bed optical input or output device (scanner or plotter) transfers images by means of a flat plane rather than a revolving cylinder
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having a flat bed
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an open commercial vehicle with no sides; designed to carry heavy or outsize loads
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A kind of editing machine The separate film and soundtrack are run horizontally across this table-like device in sync with each other
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{i} type of truck with no side walls in the rear
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An element on some scanners that enables pages to be read by a scanner one by one Typically, documents are laid face down, one at a time Flatbed scanners enable scan operators to scan in documents that have trouble being fed into an ADF For instance, a heavily creased document using an ADF may cause a paper jam, but the same document can be read easily using the flatbed element of the scanner Flatbed scanning is slower as only one page can be read at a time
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A scanner design in which the document is placed in the scanner's bed, either manually or by an automatic document feeder, and remains stationary during scanning As a result, flatbed scanners provide a more stable target than other scanner designs, but they are generally slower
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an open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects
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freight car without permanent sides or roof
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The form flatbed truck is also used, especially in American English. A flatbed is a truck that has a long flat platform with no sides. having a flat surface to put something on