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xerography
[ zi-rog-ruh-fee ]
noun
- 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.
xerography
/ ˌzɪərəˈɡræfɪk; zɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ /
noun
- 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
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Derived Forms
- xeˈrographer, noun
- ˌxeroˈgraphically, adverb
- xerographic, adjective
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Other Words From
- xe·ro·graph·ic [zeer-, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
- xero·graphi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of xerography1
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Example Sentences
Wilson in 1959 called xerography “a fundamental new way of visual communications.”
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