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facsimile
[ fak-sim-uh-lee ]
/ fækˈsɪm ə li /
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noun
an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
Also called fax. Telecommunications.
- a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
- an image transmitted by such a method.
verb (used with object), fac·sim·i·led, fac·sim·i·le·ing.
to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.
adjective
Also fax. Telecommunications.
- (of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail.
- (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission.
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Origin of facsimile
1655–65; earlier fac simile make the like, equivalent to Latin fac (imperative of facere) + simile, noun use of neuter of similis like; see simile
Words nearby facsimile
façon, faconne, F.A.C.P., FACS, facsim., facsimile, facsimile catalog, facsimile machine, facsimile transmission, fact, fact-check
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British Dictionary definitions for facsimile
facsimile
/ (fækˈsɪmɪlɪ) /
noun
- an exact copy or reproduction
- (as modifier)a facsimile publication
an image produced by facsimile transmission
verb -les, -leing or -led
(tr) to make an exact copy of
Word Origin for facsimile
C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like
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