CARBON PAPER Definition & Meaning

carbon paper

[ kahr-buhn pey-per ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
Also called car·bon tis·sue [kahr, -b, uh, n tish-oo, tis-yoo]. a paper for making photographs by the carbon process.

carbon paper

a thin sheet of paper coated on one side with a dark waxy pigment, often containing carbon, that is transferred by the pressure of writing or of typewriter keys onto the copying surface below Often shortened tocarbon
another name for carbon tissue

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First recorded in 1875–80

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I discovered her body in all those paragraphs on second-sheet carbon paper.

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The scientists then adhere the nanoparticles to carbon paper that is hydrophilic, or attracted to water molecules.

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The term “carbon copy” refers to the old carbon paper method of making copies that was popular before copying machines.

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And my sister once used a sheet of carbon paper as Ken’s blanket, despoiling his face with permanent blue ink.

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He typed the essays, using the carbon paper to make multiple copies on the red paper, and stamped each one with a swastika to look official.

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