Photostat

[foh-tuh-stat]

Pho·to·stat

[foh-tuh-stat]
1.
Trademark. a brand of camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
noun
2.
(often lowercase) a copy made with this camera.

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3.
(lowercase) to copy with this camera.
pho·to·stat·er, pho·to·stat·ter, noun
pho·to·stat·ic, adjective
pho·to·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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photostat (ˈfəʊtəʊˌstæt)
 
n
1.  a machine or process used to make quick positive or negative photographic copies of written, printed, or graphic matter
2.  any copy made by such a machine
 
vb , -stats, -statting, -stating, -statted, -stated
3.  to make a photostat copy (of)
 
photo'static
 
adj

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