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fanfold

fanfold

6.0
In a long zigzag shape for feeding printers
  • adjective
  • /ˈfænˌfoʊld/
  • Archaic
translation icon : plegado en acordeón
  • The technician loaded the fanfold paper into the old dot-matrix printer for the report.

Examples

  • The continuous fanfold labels made the mailing process much faster.

  • She prefers using fanfold forms because they are easy to separate and organize.

  • The printer uses fanfold paper for continuous printing.

  • I need to buy some fanfold sheets for the project.

  • The technician loaded the fanfold paper into the old dot-matrix printer for the report.

  • The printer uses fanfold paper for continuous printing of invoices.

  • She prefers fanfold forms because they allow for efficient printing and easy separation.

Surface Forms

fanfold positive

Morphology

fanfold = fan + fold (transparent) = fan + fold

The meaning 'folded like a fan' is directly and predictably built from the two common words 'fan' and 'fold'.

Etymology

Fanfold as an adjective comes from the parts fan and fold, where fan suggests 'open and spread' like a hand fan. It describes paper folded in a zigzag way so it can feed smoothly into printers or machines.