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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.

Example: In preparing the contract, we'll make a carbon copy for our records.

Any duplicate.

Example: This new home is simply a carbon copy of the one down the street.

To create a carbon copy of.

Example: Please carbon copy this contract for our records.

To send a duplicate copy of an email to.