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faxes

[faks] Origin

fax

[faks] Telecommunications.
noun
1.
facsimile (def. 2).
adjective
2.
facsimile (def. 5).

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Faxes is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
verb (used with object)
3.
to transmit a facsimile of (printed matter, photographs, or the like) electronically: Fax the information to all our branch offices.

Origin:
by shortening and respelling

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Word Origin & History

fax
1948, short for facsimile (telegraphy). The verb first attested 1979.
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