facsimile

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: autotypefacsimile machinefaxtelefax

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an exact copy or reproductionSynonyms: autotype
  2. duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radioSynonyms: facsimile machinefax

Verb (1)

  1. send something via a facsimile machine“Can you fax me the report right away?”Synonyms: faxtelefax
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Facsimile \Fac*sim"i*le\,, v. t. To make a facsimile of. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

facsimile fax

<communications> ("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)

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