carbon paper

[ kahr-buhn pey-per ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.
Also called car·bon tis·sue [kahr, -b, uh, n tish-oo, tis-yoo]. a paper for making photographs by the carbon process.

carbon paper

a thin sheet of paper coated on one side with a dark waxy pigment, often containing carbon, that is transferred by the pressure of writing or of typewriter keys onto the copying surface below Often shortened tocarbon
See carbon tissue
another name for carbon tissue

First recorded in 1875–80

And when at length she reached out for a sheet of carbon paper her hand trembled so she could scarcely hold it.

A piece of carbon paper is then coated lightly with gelatine, sensitized with bichromate of potassium and allowed to dry.

The design is transferred to the metal by use of carbon paper.

A boy, his face smeared with blue smudges off carbon paper, rushed up to them and inquired their business.

The design is traced by means of carbon paper on the paper lining of the inlay leather.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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