xerography

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noun

A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.

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Meanings

nounxerography (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.

Origin

From xero- + -graphy.

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Translations

Catalan xerografia
  • xerografiaphotocopying process
Finnish kserografia
  • kserografiaphotocopying process
French xérographie, électrophotographie
  • xérographiephotocopying process
  • électrophotographiephotocopying process
German Xerografie
  • Xerografiephotocopying process
Indonesian xerografi
  • xerografiphotocopying process
Irish xéireagrafaíocht
  • xéireagrafaíochtphotocopying process
Polish kserografia
  • kserografiaphotocopying process
Spanish xerografía
  • xerografíaphotocopying process
Swedish xerografi
  • xerografiphotocopying process

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with xerography

photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
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Cite this entry
APA

xerography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerography

MLA

“xerography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerography. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xerography,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xerography.

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