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photostat

pho·tos·tat

uncommon dated
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

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a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper

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Origin

A genericization from the trade name of one of the earliest commercially successful types of photocopier, a pre-xerography type. Xerography displaced it in the 1960s and 1970s; since then the relics of it are historical curiosities. More in Wikipedia at Photostat machine.

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