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noun
A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: stencil duplicator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copier
noun
A copy produced by such a machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copy
verb
To make mimeograph copies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copy, reproduce
noun
a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duplicator, copier
verb
print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mimeo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copy, re-create
History
A genericization from a trade name coined by A. B. Dick in 1889. From μῖμος (mîmos) + -γράφος (-gráphos); by surface analysis, mimeo + -graph (but diachronically, mimeo came from mimeograph, not the reverse).
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