copygraph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image.

Word forms

copygraph copygraphs

Etymology

From copy + -graph.

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