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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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How to use photocopier in a sentence
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.
Best all-in-one printer: Upgrade your home office with these multitasking machines|Carsen Joenk|February 8, 2021|Popular-ScienceThe wells are placed into a PCR machine, resembling a midsize office photocopier.
The CDC’s failed race against covid-19: A threat underestimated and a test overcomplicated|David Willman|December 26, 2020|Washington PostHe strokes the photocopier; he adores the machine, the way it flashes like lightning as it works, the way it whirs and hums.
He typed quickly and another machine, sealed and mammoth like an outsized photocopier, started to grunt and churn.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
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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