carbon copying

A form of carbon copy — A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of carbon copy
Cite this entry
APA

carbon copying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20copying

MLA

“carbon copying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20copying. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carbon copying,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20copying.

Source: carbon copying on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.