facsimile
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/
Noun

facsimile (plural facsimiles)

  1. A copy or reproduction.
    • 1964, Arthur Danto, “The Artworld” in Twentieth Century Theories of Art (1990), ed. James Matheson Thompson, § VIII, gbooks VZr9rCBG_t4C:
      To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?
  2. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
  3. The image sent by the machine itself.
Synonyms Translations Translations
  • Portuguese: fax
  • Russian: факс
Translations
  • Russian: факси́миле
Verb

facsimile (facsimiles, present participle facsimileing; past and past participle facsimiled)

  1. (transitive) To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.
  2. (transitive) To make a copy of; to reproduce.
Synonyms


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