facsimile transmission

British

noun

Often shortened to: fax. an international system of transmitting a written, printed, or pictorial document over the telephone system by scanning it photoelectrically and reproducing the image after transmission

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Ultrafax, by RCA out of Eastman Kodak Co., is a hybrid variety of facsimile transmission.

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It recently started a radio facsimile transmission service, which sends weather maps within a 70-mile radius of the city.

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To send ZapMail, a customer summons a Federal courier to pick up documents, which are then sent by facsimile transmission to another Federal Express office.

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