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Photostat

 
Dictionary: Pho·to·stat
('tə-stăt') pronunciation

A trademark used for a photographic device for making positive or negative copies of graphic matter. This trademark often occurs in lowercase in print referring to the copies themselves: "denying into evidence photostats produced of insurance claims filed for stolen property" (United States Law Week).


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Columbia Encyclopedia: photostat
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photostat ('təstăt'), reproduction of any printed or simple black-and-white material, such as drawings or manuscripts, made by the Photostat, a photographic camera. While slower and more expensive than xerography, the process is still used where a high degree of resolution is desired, as in publishing.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a photocopy made on a Photostat machine


The verb photostat has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make a copy by means of a Photostat device


Translations: Photostat
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fotokopi
v. tr. - fotokopiere
v. intr. - lave fotokopi af

Nederlands (Dutch)
fotokopie, fotokopieertoestel, fotokopiëren

Français (French)
n. - photocopie
v. tr. - photocopier
v. intr. - photocopier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fotokopie
v. - fotokopieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φωτοτυπία, φωτοαντίγραφο, φωτοαντίτυπο
v. - φωτοτυπώ, βγάζω αντίτυπα σε φωτοστατική/φωτοτυπική μηχανή

Italiano (Italian)
fotocopia, fotocopiatrice

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cópia fotostática (f) (fotocópia), fotocopiadora (f)
v. - fotocopiar

Русский (Russian)
фотостат, копировальная машина

Español (Spanish)
n. - marca de una máquina de sacar copias facsimilares de documentos o dibujos
v. tr. - hacer copias con dicha máquina
v. intr. - hacer copias con dicha máquina

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fotostat
v. - fotostatkopiera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
直接影印机, 直接影印本, 直接影印, 照相复制, 用直接复印机复印

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 直接影印機, 直接影印本
v. tr. - 直接影印
v. intr. - 照相複製, 用直接影印機複印

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 직접 복사용 카메라, 직접 복사 사진
v. tr. - 복사 사진기로 촬영하다
v. intr. - 복사 사진기로 촬영하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フォトスタット, 直接複写写真
v. - フォトスタットで複写する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فوتوستات : جهاز نسخ بالتصوير الفوتوغرافي (فعل) يطبع بالطريقه الفوتوستاتيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סוג של מכונת צילום למיסמכים, העתק, פוטוסטאט - תשליל של צילום רגיל‬
v. tr. - ‮צילם פוטוסטאט‬
v. intr. - ‮צילם פוטוסטאט‬


 
 

 

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