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carbon paper - 2 dictionary results

carbon paper

–noun
1. paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
2. Also called carbon tissue. a paper for making photographs by the carbon process.

Origin:
1875–80
carbon paper  
n.  A lightweight paper coated on one side with a dark waxy pigment, placed between two sheets of blank paper so that the bottom sheet will receive a copy of what is typed or written on the top sheet.
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