photocopier

[ foh-tuh-kop-ee-er ]

/ ˈfoʊ təˌkɒp i ər /

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noun

any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.

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Also called copier, copy machine, photocopying machine .

Origin of photocopier

First recorded in 1930–35; photo- + copier

Words nearby photocopier

photocomposition, photoconduction, photoconductive, photoconductive cell, photoconductivity, photocopier, photocopy, photocurrent, photodecomposition, photodegradable, photodetector

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How to use photocopier in a sentence

He then shot what appears to be a photocopier labeled “voting machine” with a very big gun.
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Instead, West had Maxwell put his hands on a photocopier, and used a marker to draw in the incriminating marks from memory.
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While a photocopier does scan the document before printing a replica, scanning will store that information electronically, which can then be saved and sent out via, say, email.
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The wells are placed into a PCR machine, resembling a midsize office photocopier.
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He strokes the photocopier; he adores the machine, the way it flashes like lightning as it works, the way it whirs and hums.
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He typed quickly and another machine, sealed and mammoth like an outsized photocopier, started to grunt and churn.
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British Dictionary definitions for photocopier

photocopier

/ (ˈfəʊtəʊˌkɒpɪə) /

noun

an instrument using light-sensitive photographic materials to reproduce written, printed, or graphic work

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photocopier

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