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electrocopy

electrocopy verb: to scan electronically.

Verb

electrocopy (third-person singular simple present electrocopies, present participle electrocopying, simple past and past participle electrocopied)

  1. (dated, rare) To scan electronically.
    • George Fifield Presents the documentation possibility of electrocopying through his "Elvis, Sam Cooke, Jim Morrison: a rock 'n' roll tabloid." Affordable xerox printing makes alternative cultural histories now a reality.1983 February 12, F. W. Leupold, “Lesbirotic Electrographics”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 7

Noun

electrocopy (plural electrocopies)

  1. (dated) A copy produced by this means.

Forms of electrocopy

Verb
third-person singular presentelectrocopies
present participleelectrocopying
past participleelectrocopied
pastelectrocopied
Noun
pluralelectrocopies

Origin of electrocopy

From electro- + copy.

Questions about electrocopy

What does electrocopy mean?
Electrocopy means to scan electronically.
What part of speech is electrocopy?
Electrocopy can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of electrocopy?
The past tense of electrocopy is electrocopied.

Words near electrocopy in the dictionary

  1. electrocopolymerizations
  2. electrocopper
  3. electrocoppered
  4. electrocoppering
  5. electrocoppers
  6. electrocopy
  7. electrocopying
  8. electrocortical
  9. electrocorticoencephalography
  10. electrocorticogram
  11. electrocorticograms

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