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e-mail [ee-meyl] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals.

2.	a message sent by e-mail: Send me an e-mail on the idea.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to send a message to by e-mail.

Also, E-mail, email.

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e-mail or e·mail also E-mail Audio Help (ē'māl') Pronunciation Key
n.

A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network, as between personal computers.
A message or messages sent or received by such a system.

tr.v. e-mailed or e·mailed also E-mailed, e-mail·ing or e·mail·ing also E-mail·ing, e-mails or e·mails also E-mails
To send (a message) by such a system.

[e(lectronic) mail.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
email

a type of pottery design pattern, c.1877, from Fr., lit. "enamel" (see enamel).

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email
noun
1.	(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail" [syn: electronic mail] [ant: snail mail]
verb
1.	communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news" [syn: e-mail]

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e-mail or email Audio Help (ē'māl') Pronunciation Key

A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network. E-mail is asynchronous and does not require the receiver of the message to be online at the time the message is sent or received. E-mail also allows a user to distribute messages to large numbers of recipients instantaneously.
A message or messages sent or received by such a system.

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email

/ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail' and `E-mail') 1. n. Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems over common-carrier lines. Contrast snail-mail, paper-net, voice-net. See network address. 2. vt. To send electronic mail.

Oddly enough, the word `emailed' is actually listed in the OED; it means "embossed (with a raised pattern) or perh. arranged in a net or open work". A use from 1480 is given. The word is probably derived from French `e'maille'' (enameled) and related to Old French `emmailleu"re' (network). A French correspondent tells us that in modern French, `email' is a hard enamel obtained by heating special paints in a furnace; an `emailleur' (no final e) is a craftsman who makes email (he generally paints some objects (like, say, jewelry) and cooks them in a furnace).

There are numerous spelling variants of this word. In Internet traffic up to 1995, `email' predominates, `e-mail' runs a not-too-distant second, and `E-mail' and `Email' are a distant third and fourth.

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