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Facsimile

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fac·sim·i·le

   [fak-sim-uh-lee] noun, verb,-led, -le·ing, adjective
–noun
1.
an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
2.
Also called fax. Telecommunications.
a.
a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
b.
an image transmitted by such a method.
3.
dropout (def. 5).
–verb (used with object)
4.
to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.
–adjective
5.
Also, fax. Telecommunications.
a.
(of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail.
b.
(of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission.
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Origin:
1655–65; earlier fac simile make the like, equiv. to L fac (impv. of facere) + simile, n. use of neut. of similis like; see simile

—Synonyms
1. replica, likeness. 1, 4. duplicate.

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facsimile (fækˈsɪmɪlɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a.  an exact copy or reproduction
 b.  (as modifier): a facsimile publication
2.  an image produced by facsimile transmission
 
—vb , -les, -leing, -led
3.  (tr) to make an exact copy of
 
[C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like]

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Word Origin & History

facsimile
1660s, from L. fac simile "make similar," from fac imperative of facere "to make" (see factitious) + simile, neut. of similis "like, similar."
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Computing Dictionary

facsimile definition

communications
("fax") A process by which fixed graphic material including pictures, text, or images is scanned and the information converted into electrical signals which are transmitted via telephone to produce a paper copy of the graphics on the receiving fax machine.
Some modems can be used to send and receive fax data. V.27 ter and V.29 protocols are used.
[Details? Standards?]
(2004-07-26)

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