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photostatic

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Relating to copies made by an old photocopy process

adjective
/ˌfoʊtəˈstætɪk/

Archaic

: fotostático

They're photostatic copies so I've got plenty more!

Examples

Now, I hold in my hand a photostatic copy of the attendance roster for the "Bread Instead of Bullets Club" of the University of California, Los Angeles, dated October 11, 1935.

Fiction book (2001)
But then I got a photostatic copy of the bomb squad report.

Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
It's negatively photostatic.

Mimic 2 (2001)
Because even before Pierce's death was announced, he'd mailed a photostatic copy of the album to Pierce's suite.

The Argyle Secrets (1948)
I received a photostatic copy of the important document for my records.
The teacher distributed photostatic copies of the test to all students.
She handed me a photostatic reproduction of the original artwork.

Surface Forms

photostatic positive

Morphology

photostatic = photostat (semi-transparent) = photostat + ic

Formed regularly from 'photostat' + '-ic'; however, 'photostat' is a specialized/historical term so learners may not fully infer the meaning from components alone.

Etymology

Photostatic comes from photo- 'light' and -static 'still', the same photo- you see in photograph and the static that means 'not moving'. So photostatic describes something made by using light to make a still image, which is why it means 'relating to photocopies'.