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xerox
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun xerox has 2 senses
- xerox(n = noun.artifact) xerox copy - a copy made by a xerographic printer; Array is a kind of copy
- xerox(n = noun.artifact) xerographic copier, xerox machine - a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder; Array is a kind of copier, duplicator
Derived form verb xerox1
Derived form verb xerox1
Verb xerox has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
xerox, n. & v.
--n. propr.
1 a machine for copying by xerography.
2 a copy made using this machine.
--v.tr. (xerox) reproduce by this process.
--n. propr.
1 a machine for copying by xerography.
2 a copy made using this machine.
--v.tr. (xerox) reproduce by this process.
Etymology
invented f. XEROGRAPHY
THESAURUS
xerox
Ditto copy, Photostat, X-ray, Xerox copy, blowup, blueprint, calotype, capture on film, clone, contact print, contact printing, copy, cyanotype, ditto, double, dupe, duplicate, enlargement, facsimile, film, glossy, hectograph, hectograph copy, hologram, impress, impression, lantern slide, manifold, matte, microcopy, microfilm, microprint, mimeo, mimeograph, mimeograph copy, mug, multigraph, negative, offprint, pan, photocopy, photograph, photogravure, photomap, photostatic copy, positive, print, projection printing, proof, quadruplicate, radiograph, reduplicate, replicate, reprint, reproduce, roentgenograph, semi-matte, shoot, slide, snap, snapshoot, snapshot, stat, take a photograph, talbotype, trace, transcribe, transparency, triplicateROGET THESAURUS
xerox
Imitation
N imitation, copying, transcription, repetition, duplication, reduplication, quotation, reproduction, mimeograph, xerox, facsimile, reprint, offprint, mockery, mimicry, simulation, impersonation, personation, representation, semblance, copy, assimilation, paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature, plagiarism, forgery, counterfeit, celluloid, imitator, echo, cuckoo, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime, copyist, copycat, plagiarist, pirate, imitated, mock, mimic, modelled after, molded on, paraphrastic, literal, imitative, secondhand, imitable, aping, apish, mimicking, literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim, sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot, exactly, precisely, like master like man, like - but oh! how different!, genius borrows nobly, pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks, quotation confesses inferiority, Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.Copy
N copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype, imitation, model, representation, adumbration, study, portrait, resemblance, duplicate, reproduction, cast, tracing, reflex, reflexion, reflection, shadow, echo, transcript, transcription, recording, scan, chip off the old block, reprint, new printing, rechauffe, apograph, fair copy, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase, derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision, second edition, servile copy, servile imitation, plagiarism, counterfeit, fake, pasticcio, faithful, lifelike, close, conscientious, unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
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