mimeograph

mimeograph noun: a machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.

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Noun

mimeograph (plural mimeographs)

(historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
- So it also is in regard to the mimeograph, whose forerunner, the electric pen, was born of Edison's brain in 1877. He had been long impressed by the desirability of the rapid production of copies of written documents, and, as we have seen by a previous chapter, he invented the electric pen for this...1910, Frank Lewis Dyer, Thomas Commerford Martin, chapter 27, in Edison, His Life and Inventions
- The old “work horse” of the office, the mimeograph, was a starred performer at the National Business Show, which was recently held at the New York Coliseum. Although glamour equipment such as the electronic computers have had most of the headlines in recent years, the mimeograph machine is still...1956 November 8, Alexander R. Hammer, “Duplicator Still The ‘Work Horse’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms:

stencil duplicator
A copy produced by such a machine.

Verb

mimeograph (third-person singular simple present mimeographs, present participle mimeographing, simple past and past participle mimeographed)

To make mimeograph copies.
- Even the ultra-respectable "Evening Transcript", organ of the Brahmins of culture, was down for $144 for typing, mimeographing and sending out "dope" to the country press.1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion […]

mimeograph meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

Examples of mimeograph in a sentence

So it also is in regard to the mimeograph, whose forerunner, the electric pen, was born of Edison's brain in 1877.1910, Frank Lewis Dyer, Thomas Commerford Martin, chapter 27, in Edison, His Life and Inventions:
The old “work horse” of the office, the mimeograph, was a starred performer at the National Business Show, which was recently held at the New York Coliseum.1956 November 8, Alexander R. Hammer, “Duplicator Still The ‘Work Horse’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Synonyms of mimeograph

stencil duplicator

Forms of mimeograph

Noun
plural	mimeographs
Verb
third-person singular present	mimeographs
present participle	mimeographing
past participle	mimeographed
past	mimeographed

Origin of mimeograph

A genericization from a trade name coined by A. B. Dick in 1889. From μῖμος (mîmos) + -γράφος (-gráphos); by surface analysis, mimeo + -graph (but diachronically, mimeo came from mimeograph, not the reverse).

Words formed from mimeograph

Questions about mimeograph

What does mimeograph mean?: Mimeograph means a machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
What is mimeograph in Tamil?: Mimeograph in Tamil is மிமியோகிராஃப். See Mimeograph meaning in Tamil.
How do you use mimeograph in a sentence?: So it also is in regard to the mimeograph, whose forerunner, the electric pen, was born of Edison's brain in 1877.
What part of speech is mimeograph?: Mimeograph can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of mimeograph?: The plural of mimeograph is mimeographs.

Words near mimeograph in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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