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noun

1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.

   Synonyms: duplicate, likeness, replica

2. 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.

1. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.

   Synonyms: duplicate

adjective

1. 1. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile:

      facsimile mail.

   2. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile:

      facsimile transmission.

noun

1. 1. an exact copy or reproduction

   2. ( as modifier )

      a facsimile publication

2. an image produced by facsimile transmission

verb

1. tr to make an exact copy of