carbon copy
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Noun
- 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.
- Any duplicate.
- A duplicate copy of an email.
- Alternative form of carbon copy.
Verb
- To create a carbon copy of.
- To send a duplicate copy of an email to.
- Alternative form of carbon copy.
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