facsimile
Meanings
Plural: facsimiles, facsimilia
Noun
- an exact copy or reproduction
- duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
- A copy or reproduction.
- Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
- A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
- The image sent by the machine itself.
Verb
- send something via a facsimile machine
- To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.
- To make a copy of; to reproduce.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).
Synonyms
autotype, copy, facsimile machine, facsimile reproduction, fax, fax machine, reproduction, telefax
Scrabble Score: 16
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