facsimile
[ fak-sim-uh-lee ]
/ fækˈsɪm ə li /
noun
an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
Also called fax. Telecommunications.
- a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
- an image transmitted by such a method.
verb (used with object), fac·sim·i·led, fac·sim·i·le·ing.
to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.
adjective
Also fax. Telecommunications.
- (of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail.
- (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission.
RELATED WORDS
photocopy, replica, likeness, copycat, ditto, Xerox, replication, reduplication, double, clone, look-alike, twin, ringer, dupe, miniature, duplicate, print, carbon, copy, transcript
Nearby words
- faconne,
- facp,
- facr,
- facs,
- facsim.,
- facsimile catalog,
- facsimile machine,
- facsimile transmission,
- facsm,
- fact
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; see simile
SYNONYMS FOR facsimile
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facsimile
/ (fækˈsɪmɪlɪ) /
noun
- an exact copy or reproduction
- (as modifier)a facsimile publication
an image produced by facsimile transmission
verb -les, -leing or -led
(tr) to make an exact copy of
Word Origin for facsimile
C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like
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facsimile
1660s, from Latin fac simile "make similar," from fac imperative of facere "to make" (see factitious) + simile, neuter of similis "like, similar" (see similar).
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