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Facsimile : (noun)
1: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: autotype]
2: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: facsimile
machine, fax]
(verb)
1: send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the
report right away?" [syn: fax, telefax]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Facsimile : \Fac*sim"i*le\,, v. t.
To make a facsimile of.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Facsimile : \Fac*sim"i*le\, n.; pl. Facsimiles (-l?z). [L. fac
simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made
like; facere to make _ similes like. See Fact, and
Simile.]
A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so
as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact
copy or likeness.
Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing
messages in autograph.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Facsimile :
("fax") A process by which fixed graphic
material including pictures, text, or images is scanned and
the information converted into electrical signals which are
transmitted via telephone to produce a paper copy of the
graphics on the receiving fax machine.
Some modems can be used to send and receive fax data. V.27
ter and V.29 protocols are used.
[Details? Standards?]
(2004-07-26)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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