facsimile

American  

[fak-sim-uh-lee] / fækˈsɪm ə li /

noun

1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.

   Synonyms:

   duplicate, likeness, replica

2. Also called fax.  Telecommunications.

   1. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.

   2. an image transmitted by such a method.

3. dropout.

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verb (used with object)

facsimiled, facsimileing

1. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.

   Synonyms:

   duplicate

adjective

1. Telecommunications. Also

   1. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile.

      facsimile mail.

   2. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile.

      facsimile transmission.

facsimile British  

/ fækˈsɪmɪlɪ /

noun

1. 1. an exact copy or reproduction

   2. ( as modifier )

      a facsimile publication

2. an image produced by facsimile transmission

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verb

1. (tr) to make an exact copy of

Etymology

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; simile

Example Sentences

As we follow along, she points to a large facsimile of the Edict of Expulsion hanging on the wall.

From Literature

We are more digitally connected than ever, yet much of that connection functions as a kind of stand-in — a convincing facsimile that still leaves us hungry.

From Salon

Fax machines - formally known as facsimile machines - used to be a familiar fixture in offices as well as schools, hospitals and police stations across the country.

From BBC

But in the meantime, seasonal enthusiasm for the house could be satisfied by a gingerbread facsimile thereof that was open to the public in Hollywood.

From MarketWatch

Recently I received the gift of “Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook,” a facsimile edition of the great architect’s final sketches.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• carbon copy
• likeness
• photocopy
• replica