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carbon paper definition

carbon paper

  1. very thin paper coated on one side with a waxy, dark-colored preparation, as of carbon: it is placed between two sheets of paper so that the pressure of typing or writing on the upper sheet makes a copy on the lower
  2. paper used in the carbon process

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