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electrophotography

[ih-lek-troh-fuh-tog-ruh-fee]

e·lec·tro·pho·tog·ra·phy

[ih-lek-troh-fuh-tog-ruh-fee]
noun
photography using electric rather than chemical processes to transfer an image onto paper, as in xerography.

Origin:
1890–95; electro- + photography

e·lec·tro·pho·to·graph·ic [ih-lek-truh-foh-tuh-graf-ik] , adjective
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electrophotography (ɪˌlɛktrəʊfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ)
 
n
photography in which an image is transferred onto paper by means of electrical rather than chemical processes
 
electrophoto'graphic
 
adj

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electrophotography

any of several image-forming processes, principally xerography and the dielectric process, that rely on photoconductive substances whose electrical resistance decreases when light falls on them; it is the basis of the most widely used document-copying machines.

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