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Fac simile is a Latin phrase meaning “make alike.” English speakers began using facsimile to mean “an exact copy” in the late 1600s. In this sense, a facsimile might be a handwritten or hand-drawn copy, or even a copy of a painting or statue.
A facsimile is a copy or reproduction of something. Many parents hope their children will be facsimiles of themselves; many children have other plans in mind. Facsimile comes from two Latin roots: facere, meaning "to make," and simile, meaning "like."
1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript. 2. Also called: fax Telecommunications. a. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere. b. an image transmitted by such a method.
Examples of facsimile. Use technology to add a human whistle or the real tick of a watch, but don't replace them with false facsimiles. So it was a facsimile of the system. The painting, the movie, the song -- these may be incredible facsimiles of our experience here on earth.
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Facsimile Definition. An exact reproduction or copy. The transmission and reproduction of graphic matter by electrical means, as by radio or wire. 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.
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Definition of facsimile noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
