photostat

[ foh-tuh-stat ]

noun

1. a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
2. a copy made with this camera.

verb (used with or without object)

, pho·to·stat·ed or pho·to·stat·ted, pho·to·stat·ing or pho·to·stat·ting.

1. to copy with this camera.

photostat

/ ˈfəʊtəʊˌstæt /

noun

1. a machine or process used to make quick positive or negative photographic copies of written, printed, or graphic matter
2. any copy made by such a machine

verb

1. to make a photostat copy (of)

Derived Forms

• ˌphotoˈstatic, adjective

Other Words From

• photo·stater photo·statter noun
• photo·static adjective
• photo·stati·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of photostat¹

Formerly a trademark

Example Sentences

Trump also asked Woodward if he intended to make "a Photostat of them or something" — referencing a form of photocopying that went extinct in the mid-1900s.

From Salon

With free downloads replacing expensive and unwieldy Photostats, musicians are increasingly reading music directly from manuscripts.

From New York Times

This is a typical way in which establishment cartoonists depict the leader—using a Photostat image to avoid cartooning Egypt’s most powerful person.

From The New Yorker

Photostat copies of the above have also been obtained which make the most complete collection of the Masonic Correspondence of Washington which has thus far been compiled.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• clone
• copy
• duplicate
• emulate
• imitate
• mirror
• photocopy
• portray
• print
• recreate
• reflect
• repeat
• replicate
• reprint