Meaning & use
Photostat
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A photographic copy of a document made using an early copying machine that produced prints directly onto photographic paper.
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The archive still holds a faded photostat of the original 1920s blueprint.
Before modern copiers, offices relied on a photostat to duplicate contracts.
A note on using this word
Photostat was originally a trademarked brand name for a copying machine invented in the early 1900s; it later became a generic term for such copies, much like 'xerox.'
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photocopy
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