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photostat definition

☆ photo·stat (fōt′ə stat′)

noun

  1. a device for making photocopies on special paper
  2. a copy so made

Etymology: < Photostat, a former trademark for the device < photo- + -stat

transitive verb photostated -·stat′ed or photostatted -·stat′·ted, photostating -·stat′·ing or photostatting -·stat′·ting

to make a photostat of

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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