Ozalid

American

[oz-uh-lid] / ˈɒz ə lɪd /

Trademark.

a process for reproducing line drawings, manuscripts, and the like on a sensitized paper developed by ammonia vapor.

noun

(sometimes lowercase) a reproduction made by this process.

adjective

(sometimes lowercase) of or relating to the Ozalid process.

Ozalid British

/ ˈɒzəlɪd /

noun

a method of duplicating typematter, illustrations, etc, when printed on translucent paper. It is used for proofing
a reproduction produced by this method

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Etymology

Origin of Ozalid

C20: formed by reversing _diazo and inserting l

Example Sentences

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The five: Rudolph Hutz, $80,000-a-year vice president & director;Vice Presidents Hans Aickelin and William vom Rath; F. W. von Meister, manager of the Ozalid division; Leopold Eckler, acting manager of Agfa Ansco.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those operations include much vital war work: 90% of the khaki dye for U.S. uniforms, Agfa Ansco films for Army & Navy, Ozalid blueprint paper & apparatus for many a defense plant.

From Time Magazine Archive

GAF has 12 plants scattered from Binghamton, N.Y., to LaHabra, Calif., makes a range of 3,000 products, including Ozalid dry printing machines and the film and camera with which the astronauts took color photographs of space.

From Time Magazine Archive

He spent the next two hours in the ozalid room, leafing through the print files.

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