Definitions

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  • noun a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper
  • verb make a copy by means of a Photostat device
  • noun a photocopy made on a Photostat machine

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Examples

  • Now in his possession were Photostat copies of the pages that had been burnt in the morning room fireplace: The bold, heavily leaded

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • Now in his possession were Photostat copies of the pages that had been burnt in the morning room fireplace: The bold, heavily leaded

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • Photostat machines, which were introduced in the early 1900s and which make copies photographically on sensitized paper, were much too expensive for ordinary office use.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • Photostat machines, which were introduced in the early 1900s and which make copies photographically on sensitized paper, were much too expensive for ordinary office use.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • Photostat machines, which were introduced in the early 1900s and which make copies photographically on sensitized paper, were much too expensive for ordinary office use.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • Photostat machines, which were introduced in the early 1900s and which make copies photographically on sensitized paper, were much too expensive for ordinary office use.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • Photostat machines, which were introduced in the early 1900s and which make copies photographically on sensitized paper, were much too expensive for ordinary office use.

    Profiting From Innovation William G. Howard 1992

  • (Photostat copies of correspondence between Byagwa and IBM were included.)

    Kahawa Westlake, Donald E. 1982

  • A Photostat copy can be made and placed in the other file until the true sex can be determined.

    The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 1933

  • I sent him very detailed color notes in the beginning, and the only detailed notes I sent him after that were for the covers - I'd just color a Photostat and send it to him.

    The Comics Journal admin 2010

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