xerography

Summary

xerography ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (839 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• xerography is credited with the discovery of Chester Carlson^[2].
• dryness is named after xerography^[3].
• writing system is named after xerography^[4].
• electricity is named after xerography^[5].
• xerography is a type of reprography^[6].
• xerography is a type of electrophotography^[7].
• xerography's Commons category is recorded as Photocopying process^[8].
• xerography's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1940^[9].
• xerography's product or material produced is recorded as xerographic copy^[10].
• xerography's described by source is recorded as Vocabulari d'odontologia^[11].
• xerography's different from is recorded as xerography^[12].
• xerography's different from is recorded as electrophotography^[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include reprography^[6] and electrophotography^[7].

Origins

Things named after include dryness^[3], a property^[14]; writing system^[4], a type of system^[15]; and electricity^[5].

Influence

Things named for xerography include Xerox^[16], a business^[17], in United States^[18], founded in 1906^[19], headquartered in Norwalk^[20].

Why It Matters

xerography ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (839 views/month).^[1] xerography has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] xerography is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for xerography include Xerox^[16], a business^[17], in United States^[18], founded in 1906^[19], headquartered in Norwalk^[20].