Xerox
[ zeer-oks ]
/ ˈzɪər ɒks /
Trademark.
a brand name for a copying machine for reproducing printed, written, or pictorial matter by xerography.
noun
(sometimes lowercase) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine.
verb (used with or without object)
(sometimes lowercase) to print or reproduce by xerography.
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Xerox
/ (ˈzɪərɒks) /
noun
trademark
- a xerographic copying process
- a machine employing this process
- a copy produced by this process
verb
to produce a copy of (a document, illustration, etc) by this process
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