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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A copy of a document made by using carbon paper.
- noun A copy of a document made by using a photocopier or similar mechanism.
- noun A copy of an electronic document sent to people in addition to the addressed recipient.
- noun A person or thing that closely resembles another.
- transitive verb To reproduce (a document) as a carbon copy.
- transitive verb To send (an electronic document) as a carbon copy.
- transitive verb To designate (someone) as the recipient of a carbon copy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper andcarbon papers . Thepression applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on thesubjacent layers of paper. - noun Any
duplicate . - verb To create a carbon copy of.
- verb Internet make a copy for, send a duplicate to,
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- noun a copy made with carbon paper
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oroboros commented on the word carbon copy
I'll bet you've never made one, Slumry! I have! :^D
August 12, 2007
slumry commented on the word carbon copy
What? Never made a carbon copy? What?
August 12, 2007
oroboros commented on the word carbon copy
I'll bet you can't even buy 'em, or find 'em outside of a museum!
August 12, 2007
slumry commented on the word carbon copy
Apparently you can still buy carbon paper; if I rummaged enough, I probably would find some at home.
August 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word carbon copy
I don't miss this stuff at all, though. Always made one's fingers black (or blue).
August 20, 2007