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1
: a person or a machine that pads: such as
a(1)
: a worker that makes sheets of paper into pads
(2)
: a worker that places ordered tobacco leaves in boxes or on a conveyor for removal of stems
(3)
: a worker that sews padding material into garments (as coats)
b
: a dyeing machine consisting of rolls mounted over a trough for padding fabrics
2
: a radio set circuit element (as a condenser) used to adjust the tuning of a circuit (as on the local oscillator of a superheterodyne receiver)
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“Padder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/padder. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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