[i-lek-troh-fuh-tog-ruh-fee] 
| photography using electric rather than chemical processes to transfer an image onto paper, as in xerography. |
[i-lek-truh-foh-tuh-graf-ik] , adjective 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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