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The fascinating history of paper, from its ancient origins to the modern-day process. Before paper as we know it existed, people communicated through pictures and symbols carved into tree bark, painted on cave walls, and marked on papyrus or clay tablets.
noun. a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc. a piece, sheet, or leaf of this. something resembling this substance, as papyrus. a written or printed document or the like. stationery; writing paper. a newspaper or journal.
papermaking, formation of a matted or felted sheet, usually of cellulose fibres, from water suspension on a wire screen. Paper is the basic material used for written communication and the dissemination of information.
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a piece of writing on a particular subject, written by an expert and usually published in a book or journal: The paper recommends a series of steps for dealing with the problem. on paper. written or printed on paper: The engineers worked out their ideas on paper.
Paper is a thin nonwoven material traditionally made from a combination of milled plant and textile fibres. The first paper-like plant-based writing sheet was papyrus in Egypt, but the first true papermaking process was documented in China during the Eastern Han period (25–220 AD), traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun.
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