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XEROX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Xerox mean? 

XEROX (noun)
  The noun XEROX has 2 senses:

1. a copy made by a xerographic copierplay

2. 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 powderplay

  Familiarity information: XEROX used as a noun is rare.


XEROX (verb)
  The verb XEROX has 1 sense:

1. reproduce by xerographyplay

  Familiarity information: XEROX used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


XEROX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A copy made by a xerographic copier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

xerox; xerox copy

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

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

Derivation:

xerox (reproduce by xerography)


Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

xerographic copier; Xerox; Xerox machine

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

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

Derivation:

xerox (reproduce by xerography)


XEROX (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they xerox  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it xeroxes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: xeroxed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: xeroxed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: xeroxing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reproduce by xerography

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

photocopy; run off; xerox

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)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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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