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Xerox

1952, trademark taken out by Haloid Co. of Rochester, N.Y., for a copying device, from xerography. The verb is first attested 1965, from the noun, despite strenuous objection from the Xerox copyright department. Related: Xeroxed; Xeroxing.

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Definitions of Xerox from WordNet
1
xerox (v.)
reproduce by xerography;
Synonyms: photocopy / run off
2
xerox (n.)
a copy made by a xerographic copier;
Synonyms: xerox copy
3
Xerox (n.)
a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder;
Synonyms: xerographic copier / Xerox machine
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