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facsimile transmission

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noun

  1. 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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Page 38: Not m̶o̶r̶e̶ earlier than 1̶8̶0̶ 78 days or less than 11 days prior to the date of the primary or election, or runoff of either, in which the elector desires to vote, any absentee elector may make, either by mail, by facsimile transmission, by electronic transmission, or in person in the registrar’s or absentee ballot clerk’s office, an application for an official ballot of the elector’s precinct to be voted at such primary, election, or runoff.

From New York Times

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive