photostat

[ foh-tuh-stat ]

noun
  1. 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.

  2. a copy made with this camera.

verb (used with or without object),pho·to·stat·ed or pho·to·stat·ted, pho·to·stat·ing or pho·to·stat·ting.
  1. to copy with this camera.

Origin of photostat

1
Formerly a trademark

Other words from photostat

  • pho·to·stat·er, pho·to·stat·ter, noun
  • pho·to·stat·ic, adjective
  • pho·to·stat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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How to use photostat in a sentence

  • They were photostated as one, and thus probably you cannot actually read either one.

    Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Monty checked back in the astronomical handbook, and the photostated pages of the old almanac, then looked over his calculations.

    The Return | H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
  • Those blank pages, except as they are in proximity to pages that have some entries on them, were not photostated.

    Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • And may we, as in the case of the other exhibits, retain the original and when I have photostated it we will return them to you?

    Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • A copy of this diary has been furnished to the Commission, photostated by the Commission, and Mr. Jenner has it in front of him.

    Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for photostat

photostat

/ (ˈfəʊtəʊˌstæt) /


noun
  1. a machine or process used to make quick positive or negative photographic copies of written, printed, or graphic matter

  2. any copy made by such a machine

verb-stats, -statting, -stating, -statted or -stated
  1. to make a photostat copy (of)

Derived forms of photostat

  • photostatic, adjective

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