Crossword clues for mimeograph
The Collaborative International Dictionary
mimeograph \mimeograph\ v. t. to make copies of using a mimeograph; as, She mimeographed the syllabus.
Syn: mimeo.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1889, "copying machine" (invented by Edison), from Greek mimeisthai "to mimic, represent, imitate, portray," in art, "to express by means of imitation," from mimos "mime" (see mime (n.)) + -graphos, from graphein "to write" (see -graphy). A proprietary name from 1903 to 1948. The verb meaning "to reproduce by means of a mimeograph" is first attested 1895. Related: Mimeographed; mimeographing.
Wiktionary
n. An invention of Thomas A. Edison, a machine for making printed copies, using typed stencil, ubiquitous until the 1990s when photocopying became competitive (if not cheaper), and considerably easier to use. vb. To make mimeograph copies.
WordNet
n. a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) [syn: mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph]
v. print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; "She mimeographed the syllabus" [syn: mimeo]
Wikipedia
The stencil duplicator or mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo) is a low-cost duplicating machine that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. The mimeograph process should not be confused with the spirit duplicator process.
Mimeographs, along with spirit duplicators and hectographs, were a common technology in printing small quantities, as in office work, classroom materials, and church bulletins. Early fanzines were printed with this technology, because it was widespread and cheap. In the late 1960s, mimeographs, spirit duplicators, and hectographs began to be gradually displaced by photocopying.
Usage examples of "mimeograph".
All these ephemera were inscribed on paper by machines like the mimeograph or hectograph, machines that required infinite labor on the part of the user before an acceptable copy could be produced.
There he learned that paperwork on recent parolees was a month behind, but he got a nearly illegible mimeographed list of local parole offices.
Their opponents came in great numbers too, armed with typewriter and mimeograph against the gynecocratic Ragnarok.
THE STAGE OF THE CORVIN CINEMA, AMID A CLUTTER Of orange peels and empty sardine tins and broken ammunition crates and discarded clothing and heaps of mimeographed tracts and assorted weaponry, the players in the drama waited for the curtain to rise on the third act.
They sent her lectures on their own pet obsessions with a word or two of personalization, or they sent mimeographed letters to who-knows-how-many correspondents.
She went over to a small suitcase and extracted a sheaf of papers and a mimeographed journal bound in yellow construction paper.
It was mimeographed and distributed by the Fantasy Amateur Press Association.
She moved around the table, laying down mimeographed copies of the agenda before each place.
Dimly, he heard Colonel Leamington addressing the audience, telling the scientists to go their separate ways with care and circumspection, to take with them mimeographed copies of the precious formula, to test it as soon as possible and inform him of the results immediately they were obtained.
Colonel Leamington addressing the audience, telling the scientists to go their separate ways with care and circumspection, to take with them mimeographed copies of the precious formula, to test it as soon as possible and inform him of the results immediately they were obtained.
There he learned that paperwork on recent parolees was a month behind, but he got a nearly illegible mimeographed list of local parole offices.
Marion Zimmer Bradley Cover art by Attila Hejja This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission.
New Worlds started as a mimeographed amateur magazine published by John "Ted" Carnell during the pre-war years.
Originally appearing in mimeographed form and distributed as the Hot Hamburger, this publication had the express purpose of linking together White Castles across town and eventually across the country.
They discovered it through the letter columns of the sf magazines, participated enthusiastically in the sf conventions and published mimeographed or offset printed fanzines with circulations of perhaps a hundred copies, in which they (at least sometimes) discussed science fiction, fought innumerable feuds and polished their talents until the day they were accepted in the professional sector.