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papyrograph

papyrograph noun: an early device for reproducing documents by means of a paper stencil and corrosive ink.

Noun

papyrograph (plural papyrographs)

  1. (historical) An early device for reproducing documents by means of a paper stencil and corrosive ink.
  2. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of papyrology.
    Synonyms:
    papyrology

Verb

papyrograph (third-person singular simple present papyrographs, present participle papyrographing, simple past and past participle papyrographed)

  1. (historical) To use a papyrograph; to copy by means of a papyrograph.
    • Papyrographed descriptions of the experiments were distributed to the students and commented on in class before the experiments were undertaken.1892 November 1, Mary Whiton Calkins, “Experimental Psychology at Wellesley College”, in The American Journal of Psychology, page 465

papyrograph meaning in Tamil

papyrograph in Tamil

பொறித்தகட்டுப் படியெடுப்புக்கருவி

Synonyms of papyrograph

Forms of papyrograph

Noun
pluralpapyrographs
Verb
third-person singular presentpapyrographs
present participlepapyrographing
past participlepapyrographed
pastpapyrographed

Origin of papyrograph

From papyro- + -graph.

Words formed from papyrograph

Questions about papyrograph

What does papyrograph mean?
Papyrograph means an early device for reproducing documents by means of a paper stencil and corrosive ink.
What is papyrograph in Tamil?
Papyrograph in Tamil is பொறித்தகட்டுப் படியெடுப்புக்கருவி. See Papyrograph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is papyrograph?
Papyrograph can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of papyrograph?
The plural of papyrograph is papyrographs.

Words near papyrograph in the dictionary

  1. papyrine
  2. papyritious
  3. papyro-
  4. papyrocentric
  5. papyrocracy
  6. papyrograph
  7. papyrographed
  8. papyrographer
  9. papyrographers
  10. papyrographic
  11. papyrographing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papyrograph (page history and authors); papyrograph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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