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Carbon copy

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Noun

Copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pression applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.

Translations

Interlingua: copia al papiro carbon
Portuguese: cópia a papel-carbono f
Romanian: copie la indigo f

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carbon copy

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