facsimile
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Facsimile \Fac*sim"i*le\, n.; pl. {Facsimiles} (-l?z). [L. fac
simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made
like; facere to make + similes like. See {Fact}, and
{Simile}.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
{Facsimile telegraph}, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing
messages in autograph.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
facsimile
fax
<communications> ("fax") A process by which fixed graphic
material including pictures, text, or images is scanned and
the information converted into electrical signals which are
transmitted via telephone to produce a paper copy of the
graphics on the receiving fax machine.
Some {modems} can be used to send and receive fax data. {V.27
ter} and {V.29} {protocols} are used.
[Details? Standards?]
(2004-07-26)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "facsimile":
Doppelganger, Photoradiogram, Telephoto, Wirephoto, actual thing,
burlesque, carbon, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterpart,
dead ringer, ditto, double, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication,
equivalent, exact counterpart, homograph, homonym, homophone, idem,
identical same, imitation, knockoff, mock-up, model, no other,
none other, paraphrase, parody, quadruplicate, radiophotograph,
reduplication, repetition, replica, replication, representation,
reproduction, selfsame, spit and image, spitting image, synonym,
telephotograph, the same, the same difference, travesty,
triplicate, twin, version, very image, very same
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