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noun
A (non-xerographic) photocopy made using a Photostat machine; (loosely) any photocopy, even a xerographic one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Synonyms: photocopy, xerox, xerograph, copy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The machine (essentially, a special camera) on which such a copy is made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Synonyms: photocopier, copier, xerographer, xerox
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make such a photocopy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Synonyms: photocopy, xerox, xerograph, copy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Photostat machine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duplicator, copier
noun
a photocopy made on a Photostat machine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photocopy
verb
make a copy by means of a Photostat device
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photocopy, run off, xerox
History
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.
