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Facsimile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An exact copy or reproduction, as of a document.

n. See fax.

adj. Of or used to produce exact reproductions, as of documents.

adj. Exactly reproduced; duplicate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A copy or reproduction.

n. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.

n. The image sent by the machine itself.

v. To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.

v. To make a facsimile of.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An exact copy or counterpart; an imitation of an original in all its proportions, qualities, and peculiarities: as, engraved or lithographed facsimiles of old manuscripts, of autographs, of a drawing, etc.; a facsimile of a coin or a medal.

Having the character of a facsimile or counterpart; exactly corresponding or reproduced: as, a facsimile reprint of an old book; a facsimile picture.

Producing or adapted to produce facsimiles.

To make a facsimile or exact counterpart of; copy exactly.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. send something via a facsimile machine

n. duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

n. an exact copy or reproduction

Word Usage

"The idea of a truly perfect simulation or facsimile is so distant from any current human experience that our intuitions presume that the experience must be flawed or “hollow” in some respect."

Verb Form

facsimiled facsimiles

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

telecommunicate copier duplicator copy

Cross Reference

facsimile engraving facsimile telegraph

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

copy duplicate fax facsimile reproduction facsimile machine

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

reproduction replica