To make the surface of paper smooth by pressing it between rollers during manufacturing.

"to pass through a calender," a machine which smooths and presses paper, cloth, etc., 1510s, from Middle French calandre, the machine name, from Medieval Latin calendra (see calender (n.)).

"machine which smooths and presses paper, cloth, etc.," 1510s (late 13c. in surnames of persons who use such a machine), 1510s, from Old French calandreur, from Medieval Latin calendra " [..]

The part of a papermaking machine consisting of one or more smooth rollers designed to smooth paper after drying, reducing its permeability to moisture by closing the pores in its surface (see this ex [..]

A machine Intended to smooth or otherwise finish the paper and consisting essentially of a certain number of superimposed rolls of which only one is power driven.

  A machine equipped with two or more metal rolls revolving in opposite directions and used for continuously sheeting or plying up rubber and plastics compounds and for frictioning or coating material [..]

(n) a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers(v) press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets

To make paper smooth and glossy by passing it between rollers during manufacturing.

Pressing paper between rollers to make it smooth and glossy. Most calenders add gloss, while some create a dull or matte finish.

Also called calender stack. Vertical stack of sheet or cast-iron rolls, in the dry end of the machine, through which the paper sheet is passed for smoothing and gloss improvement.

n. "calendar; model," s.v. calendar sb. OED. KEY: calender@n

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A device for smoothening, glazing, caliper reduction and leveling of the surface of the paper to improve the finish and reduce the printing roughness of the paper. Machine Calender: A set of highly po [..]

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