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XEROX

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder

Synonyms:

xerographic copier; Xerox; Xerox machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Xerox" is a kind of...):

copier; duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)

Derivation:

xerox (reproduce by xerography)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A copy made by a xerographic copier

Synonyms:

xerox; xerox copy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("xerox" is a kind of...):

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Derivation:

xerox (reproduce by xerography)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reproduce by xerography

Synonyms:

photocopy; run off; xerox

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "xerox" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "xerox"):

microcopy (photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size)

photostat (make a copy by means of a Photostat device)

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Derivation:

Xerox (a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder)

xerox (a copy made by a xerographic copier)

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