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carbon paper

A lightweight paper coated on one side with a dark waxy pigment, placed between two sheets of blank paper so that the bottom sheet will receive a copy of what is typed or written on the top sheet.

carbon paper

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) 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 to carbon

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) another name for carbon tissue

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Noun

carbon paper - a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

carbon

paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

Translations

carbon paper n → carta carbone

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