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photostat
[foh-tuh-stat]
noun
a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
a copy made with this camera.
verb (used with or without object)
to copy with this camera.
photostat
/ ˈfəʊtəʊˌstæt /
noun
a machine or process used to make quick positive or negative photographic copies of written, printed, or graphic matter
any copy made by such a machine
verb
to make a photostat copy (of)
Other Word Forms
- photostater noun
- photostatter noun
- photostatic adjective
- photostatically adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of photostat1
Example Sentences
The papers were copied by a photostat machine, which took pictures of them on photographic paper, which, in a photographic darkroom, was immersed, one page at a time, in a fluid called developer.
Signed: “Harry S Truman, a photostat copy, signed 11/27/65.”
Disney relaxed his pressure on his animators to advance the medium, allowing, essentially, as noted in Neal Gabler’s biography “Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination,” photostats of sketches rather than full layouts.
Born in 1928, Warhol prefigured the digital age by shaping a personal brand and using technology such as photostat machines, cameras and tape recorders to experiment and create.
Tennessee’s Public Records Act allows for “reasonable rules” on handling requests but also guarantees residents the right to “take extracts or make copies thereof, and to make photographs or photostats” of the records inspected.
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