Xerography or electrophotography is a dry photocopying technique. Its fundamental principle was invented by Hungarian physicist PÃ¡l SelÃ©nyi and based on SelÃ©nyi's publications Chester Carlson applied for and was awarded U.S. Patent 2,297,691 on October 6, 1942. The technique was originally called electrophotography.
A retrospective, generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past. As a noun, retrospective has specific meanings in medicine, software development, popular culture and the arts. It is applied as an adjective, synonymous with the term retroactive, to laws, standards, and awards.
The definition of introspective is someone who looks inward or focuses on their own internal thoughts, feelings, beliefs and motivations. Someone who is always analyzing his own actions is an example of someone who would be described as introspective.