Planchette

//plænˈʃɛt// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small plank.
  2. 2
    a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages wordnet
  3. 3
    A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)
  4. 4
    A plane table.
  5. 5
    One of the round colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency. Canada

    "Some general security features to look for in both Canadian and American currency are . . .small green dots or "planchettes" randomly embedded throughout the paper that glow under ultraviolet light."

Synonyms

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automatic writingautomatismlevitationmaterializationplane tablepoltergeist

Example

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"Ziri saw the planchette move and spell out Rima's name."

Etymology

Borrowed from French planchette. By surface analysis, French planche + -ette.

Related phrases

ouija boardplane table

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