xerography

名词 xerography:

1. forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas

1. The invention of modern xerography has made our work much easier.
   现代复印术的发明让我们的工作轻松多了。

xe.rog.ra.phy

n.（名词）
A dry photographic or photocopying process in which a negative image formed by a resinous powder on an electrically charged plate is electrically transferred to and thermally fixed as positive on a paper or other copying surface.
静电印刷术：一种干的摄影或影印的过程，通过电转印充电干版上的树脂粉末形成的负像，然后将其作为正像热固定在纸张或其他复印表面上（由于光作用于充电的光电导绝缘表面而形成的带有电荷的图象，然后把图象固定在纸或其他复印表面上）

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xerog.rapher
n.（名词）
xer.ograph.ic
xer.ograph.ically
adv.（副词）