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fax

[faks] Telecommunications.
–noun
1. facsimile (def. 2).
–adjective
2. facsimile (def. 5).
–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 resp.
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fax   (fāks)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

fax  (n.)
1948, short for facsimile (telegraphy). The verb first attested 1979.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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