photocopy
[foh-tuh-kop-ee]
noun, plural pho·to·cop·ies.
a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like.
verb (used with object), pho·to·cop·ied, pho·to·cop·y·ing.
to reproduce (a document, print, or the like) photographically.
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Origin of photocopy
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photocopy
noun plural -copies
verb -copies, -copying or -copied
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photocopy
1924 in the sense of "make a photographic reproduction," from photo- "photographic" + copy (v.). The usual modern meaning arose 1942 with the advent of xerography. The noun is recorded from 1934. Related: Photocopied; photocopying.
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