facsimile

Meanings

Noun

• A copy or reproduction.
• Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
• A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
• The image sent by the machine itself.

Verb

• To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.
• To make a copy of; to reproduce.

Related

Similar words

• autotype, copy, reproduction
• facsimile machine, fax, fax machine
• facsimile reproduction, fax
• fax, telefax

Origin

• From Latin ("make like"), from fac (imperative of facere) + simile (neuter of similis).