carbon copy
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See also: carbon-copy
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Noun
carbon copy (plural carbon copies)
- A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure 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.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) cc
- In preparing the contract, we'll make a carbon copy for our records.
- (by extension) Any duplicate.
- This new home is simply a carbon copy of the one down the street.
- (Internet) A duplicate copy of an email.
Derived terms
Translations
a copy
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duplicate
Verb
carbon copy (third-person singular simple present carbon copies, present participle carbon copying, simple past and past participle carbon copied)
- (transitive) To create a carbon copy of.
- Please carbon copy this contract for our records.
- (Internet) To send a duplicate copy of an email to.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) cc
Translations
to create a carbon copy of
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cc (email)
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