copying machine

American  

noun

1. a machine that makes copies of original documents, especially by xerography.

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Etymology

Origin of copying machine

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

The researchers then photographed the copying machine thousands of times and down to the atomic level from numerous angles and combined them into an overall image using complicated computer calculations.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

Sometimes called wood alcohol, methanol is widely used in antifreeze, varnishes, cologne, copying machine fluids, paint and fuel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2020

The camera is outside the mail room, the door is closed and instead of overhearing this conversation, we hear nothing but the repetitive whir of a copying machine.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2015

The trio visited courthouses in different parts of the country, carrying with them a portable copying machine they called R2-D2.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2010

We gathered around the copying machine in the main office and watched together as the image was reproduced.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan