FACSIMILE Definition & Meaning

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facsimile

[ fak-sim-uh-lee ]

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noun

an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
Synonyms: , ,
Also called fax. Telecommunications.
1. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
2. an image transmitted by such a method.
dropout ( def 5 ).

verb (used with object)

facsimiled, facsimileing.

to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.
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adjective

Also Telecommunications.
1. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile:
  facsimile mail.
2. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile:
  facsimile transmission.

facsimile

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noun

1. an exact copy or reproduction
2. ( as modifier )
  a facsimile publication
an image produced by facsimile transmission

verb

tr to make an exact copy of

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of facsimile¹

1655–65; earlier fac simile make the like, equivalent to Latin fac (imperative of facere ) + simile, noun use of neuter of similis like; simile

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of facsimile¹

C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like

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Trump learned a valuable lesson from this: It's way more fun to be the facsimile than the real thing.

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But ultimately it’s a facsimile: a new stadium hiding in throwback clothing.

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The venue forbids phones, so it was a joy to see a crowd focused on the stage without hundreds of little screens recording poor facsimiles of the live event.

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Masters returned to, if not top form, then a vigorous facsimile of same, or — even better — something wholly new.

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And why should they let Johansson own her own voice when they can make so much money with a facsimile that sounds as good as the original?

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