fax

[faks]Telecommunications.

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noun

facsimile(def 2).

adjective

facsimile(def 5).

verb (used with object)

to transmit a facsimile of (printed matter, photographs, or the like) electronically: Fax the information to all our branch offices.

Origin of fax

by shortening and respelling

Can be confusedfacts FAQs fax

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Examples from the Web for fax

Contemporary Examples

According to a police source, that fax came in at 2:46 p.m.—literally a after before the fatal bullets flew.
Alleged Cop Killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley Had a Death Wish
M.L. Nestel
December 22, 2014
But this is a regular office with fax machines and telephones and computers.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees
Barbie Latza Nadeau
December 15, 2014
In fact, new technologies—copiers, fax machines, and recently the iPad—were significant sources of inspiration for him.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney
William O’Connor
November 23, 2014
Beginning in 1988, he also dove into making art using a fax machine.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney
William O’Connor
November 23, 2014
The letters, telephone calls, and fax messages started pouring into the Lyceum.
Rebels Rise Again Over Flag Banning
Robert Khayat
July 28, 2014

Historical Examples

The difficulty, then, is how fax we are ourselves the objects of our senses.
A Treatise of Human Nature
David Hume
Jordan raised his head and stared over the fax sheet at Clements.
If at First You Don't...
John Brudy
It is to be connected, it would seem, etymologically with fax, 'a torch'.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse
Various
May we not say in mythology as in literature, Fax mentis incendium gloria?
An Introduction to Mythology
Lewis Spence
Fax mentis honest gloria—Glory is the torch of an honourable mind.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for fax

fax

noun

Also: fax machine short for facsimile machine
short for facsimile transmission
a message or document sent by fax

verb

(tr) to send (a message, document, etc) by fax

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Word Origin and History for fax

n.

1948, short for facsimile (telegraphy). The verb attested by 1970. Related: Faxed; faxing.

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Examples from the Web for fax

Contemporary Examples

According to a police source, that fax came in at 2:46 p.m.—literally a after before the fatal bullets flew.

But this is a regular office with fax machines and telephones and computers.

In fact, new technologies—copiers, fax machines, and recently the iPad—were significant sources of inspiration for him.

Beginning in 1988, he also dove into making art using a fax machine.

The letters, telephone calls, and fax messages started pouring into the Lyceum.

Historical Examples

The difficulty, then, is how fax we are ourselves the objects of our senses.

Jordan raised his head and stared over the fax sheet at Clements.

It is to be connected, it would seem, etymologically with fax, 'a torch'.

May we not say in mythology as in literature, Fax mentis incendium gloria?

Fax mentis honest gloria—Glory is the torch of an honourable mind.

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Word Origin and History for fax

n.

Origin of fax