planchette: Meaning and Definition of

plan•chette

Pronunciation: (plan-shet', -chet'), [key]
— n.
  1. a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc. Cf.
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