facsimile

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin fac simile (make like), from fac (make), imperative of facere (make), + simile, neuter of similis (like, similar).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /fækˈsɪm.ɪ.li/, X-SAMPA: /f{k.sIm.I.li/

Noun [edit]

facsimile (plural facsimiles)

  1. A copy or reproduction.
    • 1990, James M. Thompson, Twentieth Century Theories of Art (page 540)
      To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?
  2. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
  3. The image sent by the machine itself.

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Verb [edit]

facsimile (third-person singular simple present facsimiles, present participle facsimiling, simple past and past participle facsimiled)

  1. (transitive) To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.

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