xerography
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an electrostatic printing process for copying text or graphics whereby areas on a sheet of paper corresponding to the image areas of the original are sensitized with a charge of static electricity so that, when powdered with a toner carrying an opposite charge, only the charged areas retain the toner, which is then fused to the paper to make it permanent.
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xerography (zɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a photocopying process in which an electrostatic image is formed on a selenium plate or cylinder. The plate or cylinder is dusted with a resinous powder, which adheres to the charged regions, and the image is then transferred to a sheet of paper on which it is fixed by heating | |
| xe'rographer | |
| —n | |
| xerographic | |
| —adj | |
| xero'graphically | |
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Medical Dictionary
xerography xe·rog·ra·phy (zĭ-rŏg'rə-fē)
n.
See xeroradiography.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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xerography
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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Example sentences
Offset remains dominant-it may be one day be replaced by high-speed xerography-but it has eliminated the film stage.
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