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Definition of Photostat

1. Noun. A photocopy made on a Photostat machine.

2. Verb. Make a copy by means of a Photostat device.

3. Noun. A duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper.

Definition of Photostat

1. Noun. (dated) A photocopy, especially one made by a (w Photostat machine) ¹

2. Noun. positive (black on white) or negative (white on black) reproduction of printed matter or artwork made on a photostat machine, which uses photographic paper instead of a transparent negative, and uses a prism to render the paper negative readable instead of reversed. ¹

3. Verb. To make such a photocopy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Photostat

1. [v -STATTED, -STATTING, -STATS, -STATED, -STATING]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Photostat

photoshoots photoshop photoshopped photoshopping photoshops photosite photosites photosphere photospheres photospheric

photostabilities photostability photostabilize photostabilizer photostable photostat (current term) photostated photostatic photostatically photostating

photostationary photostatistics photostats photostatted photostatting photostethoscope photostimulable photostimulable phosphor photostimulated photostimulating

Literary usage of Photostat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America by Bibliographical Society of America (1922)
"THE photostat IN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND RESEARCH WORK—A SYMPOSIUM BY GEORGE WATSON COLE, ... At the present time the photostat is in constant use for ..."

2. Office Management, Its Principles and Practice: Covering Organization by Lee Galloway (1918)
"The Speed and Accuracy of the photostat Whatever may be the advantages of duplicators dependent upon type, transfer paper, or the stencil, none of these ..."

3. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"photostat The New York Public Library is making extensive use of the photostat for the reproduction of catalog cards for a shelf list. ..."

4. NBS Special Publication (1920)
"photostat Machine Paper. Samples of several brands of photographic paper for use in the photostat machine were tested for the War Department. ..."

5. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1917)
"Mr. CLARENCE S. BRIGHAM exhibited a photostat of a manuscript list of duplicate books bought from the Harvard College Library in 1682 by Cotton Mather. ..."

6. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by Bibber Webster, J. L. Bates, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
"The name photostat is registered in the US Patent Office. Shipyard Uses The photostat is used to copy pencil or ink drawings, sketches, tracings, ..."

7. Annual Conference Proceedings of the American Library Association by American Library Association. Conference, American Library Association (1919)
"THE photostat IN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND RESEARCH WORK—A SYMPOSIUM, collected by George Watson Cole, summarized the work and results in different institutions. ..."

8. Transactions by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1917)
"Mr. CLARENCE S. BRIGHAM exhibited a photostat of a manuscript list of duplicate books bought from the Harvard College Library in 1682 by Cotton Mather. ..."

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