electrocopy

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verb

To scan electronically.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person electrocopies · participle present electrocopying · participle past electrocopied · past electrocopied

  1. datedrareTo 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
nounelectrocopy (plural electrocopies)

plural electrocopies

  1. datedA copy produced by this means.

Origin

From electro- + copy.

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APA

electrocopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrocopy

MLA

“electrocopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrocopy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electrocopy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrocopy.

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