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calender

[ kal-uhn-der ]

noun

  1. a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
  2. a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.


verb (used with object)

  1. to press in a calender.

calender

1

/ ˈæɪԻə /

noun

  1. a machine in which paper or cloth is glazed or smoothed by passing between rollers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to subject (material) to such a process
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

calender

2

/ ˈæɪԻə /

noun

  1. a member of a mendicant order of dervishes in Turkey, Iran, and India
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of calender1

1505–15; < Middle French calandre, by vowel assimilation < *colandre < Vulgar Latin *colendra, for Latin cylindrus cylinder; compare Middle English calendrer (< Anglo-French ) as name of occupation
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of calender1

C17: from French calandre, of unknown origin

Origin of calender2

from Persian kalandar
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The emails, and calender kept entries for Mr. Epstein while he was staying at his Manhattan mansion, were obtained through a public records request to the attorney general for the U.S.

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Construction work on Akon City he acknowledges "is yet to be fully calendered".

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We walked down the flank of the paper machine, to the “calendering” station, where the water was squeezed from the product.

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It was a ritual celebrated throughout Ukraine, in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic churches, which follow the Julian calender and will celebrate Easter this year on Sunday.

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If Arizona can tread water in the standings until then, it’ll be a team steeped in overcoming challenges before the calender turns to May.

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