xerox
pronunciation
How to pronounce xerox in British English:
UK [ˈzɪərɒks]
How to pronounce xerox in American English:
US [ˈzɪrɑks]
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- Noun:
- a copy made by the xerox process
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- Verb:
- reproduce by xerography
Word Origin
- xerox
- xerox: [20] Greek xērós meant ‘dry’ (it may be the ultimate source of English elixir, and is perhaps distantly related to English serene and serenade). From it was derived in the 1940s the term xerography, which denotes a process of photographic reproduction that does not involve the use of liquid developers. And xerography in turn formed the basis of xerox, which was registered as a trademark for the process in 1952 by the Haloid Company of Rochester, New York (later renamed the Xerox Corporation).=> elixir, serenade, serene
- Xerox
- 1952, trademark taken out by Haloid Co. of Rochester, N.Y., for a copying device, from xerography. The verb is first attested 1965, from the noun, despite strenuous objection from the Xerox copyright department. Related: Xeroxed; Xeroxing.
Example
- 1. You can not take it home , but you can xerox what you need .
- 2. Like xerox was for copying , and like google is today for search , the name of the product became integrated into common usage , and into popular culture .
- 3. He said he stood over a xerox machine for hours , carefully making copies of each page of the pentagon papers .
- 4. For this model to be profitable to xerox , the use of copies would have to increase substantially .
- 5. This is the homely advice that anne mulcahy , the former boss of xerox , says became her mantra as she fought ( successfully ) to revive the fortunes of the copying and printing firm .