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

Researchers from Göttingen and Hannover have now succeeded for the first time in visualising the copying machine of chloroplasts, the RNA polymerase PEP, in high-resolution 3D.

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

So it is that college basketball finds itself with a center-stage opportunity, roughly five weeks before March Madness turns every workplace with a copying machine into a gambling den.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2011

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