XEROGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xerography mean? 

• XEROGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun XEROGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas

  Familiarity information: XEROGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XEROGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

edge enhancement is intrinsic in xerography

Hypernyms ("xerography" is a kind of...):

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Derivation:

xerographic (of or relating to xerography)