photostat photo·stat ® n
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photostat — ☆ photostat [fōt′ə stat΄ ] n. [< Photostat, a former trademark for the device < PHOTO + STAT] 1. [often P ] a device for making photocopies on special paper 2. a copy so made vt. photostated or photostatted, photostating or photostatting … English World dictionary
photostat — [fɔtɔsta] n. m. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; n. déposé; de photo , et suff. stat (rhéostat). ❖ 1 Sc. Photographie obtenue par réflexion de la lumière. 2 … Encyclopédie Universelle
-stat — ♦ Élément, du gr. statos « stable » : aérostat, thermostat. stat élément, du gr. statos, stationnaire . ⇒ STAT, élém. formant Élém. tiré du gr. « qui (se) maintient, qui (se) stabilise », entrant dans la constr. de … Encyclopédie Universelle
Photostat® — ♦ n copy, duplicate, facsimile, photocopy, Xerox® ♦ v copy, duplicate, photocopy, Xerox®, print, run off * * * Photostat® /fōˈtō stat/ noun ▪ (see stat) a photographic apparatus for making facsimiles of manuscripts, drawings, etc, directly ▪ A… … Useful english dictionary
mimeograph — Synonyms and related words: Photostat, Xerox, albertype, book printing, bring out, chromotypography, chromotypy, chromoxylography, clone, collotype, color printing, copy, ditto, double, dupe, duplicate, electronography, electrostatic printing,… … Moby Thesaurus
photograph — Synonyms and related words: Ditto copy, Photostat, Telephoto, Wirephoto, X ray, Xerox, Xerox copy, abstract, abstraction, aerial photograph, altarpiece, black and white photograph, block print, calotype, cameo, candid photograph, capture on film … Moby Thesaurus
print — Synonyms and related words: Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, alveolation, alveolus, aquatint, ascender, autolithograph, back, backlash, backwash, bastard type, be a printmaker, beard, bed, belly, bevel … Moby Thesaurus
