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fac·sim·i·le       [fak-sim-uh-lee] Pronunciation Key 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.
[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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fac·sim·i·le       (fāk-sĭm'ə-lē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An exact copy or reproduction, as of a document.
  2. See fax.

adj.  
  1. Of or used to produce exact reproductions, as of documents.
  2. Exactly reproduced; duplicate.


[Latin fac simile, make similar : fac, imperative of facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots + simile, neuter of similis, similar; see similar.]

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fax       (fāks)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   In both senses also called facsimile.
  1. A fax machine.
  2. A printed page or image transmitted or received by a fax machine.

tr.v.   faxed, fax·ing, fax·es
To transmit (printed matter or an image) by electronic means.


[Shortening and alteration of facsimile.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
facsimile 
1662, from L. fac simile "make similar," from fac imperative of facere "make" + simile, neut. of similis "like, similar."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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facsimile

noun
1. an exact copy or reproduction 
2. duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio 

verb
1. send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?" [syn: fax] 

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facsimile 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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Facsimile

Fac*sim"i*le\, n.; pl. Facsimiles (-l?z). [L. fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See Fact, and Simile.] A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.

Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.

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Facsimile

Fac*sim"i*le\,, v. t. To make a facsimile of.

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