copying machine

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noun

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

Compare photocopier.

Origin of copying machine

First recorded in 1795–1805

Also called copier, copy machine.

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Related Words for copying machine

copier, duplicator, photocopier, Xerox

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Historical Examples of copying machine

The drying-machine is no unfit companion to the copying-machine.
James Watt
Andrew Carnegie
His lathe and his copying-machine were placed before the window, and his writing-desk in the corner.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine
Robert H. Thurston