Carbon-tissue
carbon paper (def 2).
paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
Also called carbon tissue. a paper for making photographs by the carbon process.
noun
a thin sheet of paper coated on one side with a dark waxy pigment, often containing carbon, that is transferred by the pressure of writing or of typewriter keys onto the copying surface below Often shortened to carbon
another name for carbon tissue
noun
a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process Also called carbon paper
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