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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 copier
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 powder
Familiarity information: XEROX used as a noun is rare.
• XEROX (verb)
The verb XEROX has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: XEROX used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: xeroxed
Past participle: xeroxed
-ing form: xeroxing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reproduce by xerography
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
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:
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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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