photocopier

[foh-tuh-kop-ee-er]

pho·to·cop·i·er

[foh-tuh-kop-ee-er]
noun
any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
Also called copier, copy machine, photocopying machine.


Origin:
1930–35; photo- + copier
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Photocopier has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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photocopier (ˈfəʊtəʊˌkɒpɪə)
 
n
an instrument using light-sensitive photographic materials to reproduce written, printed, or graphic work

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