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Jun 20, 2022 · facsimile (n.)"exact copy," 1690s, two words, from Latin fac simile "make similar," from fac imperative of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe-"to set, put") + simile, neuter of similis "like, resembling, of the same kind" (see similar). One-word form predominated in 20c. As an adjective from 1877.
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facsimile 뜻: 복사; "정확한 사본," 1690년대, 두 단어로 이루어진 것은 라틴어 'fac...
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Significato di facsimile: facsimile; "copia esatta," 1690s,...
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The earliest known use of the noun facsimile is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for facsimile is from before 1661, in the writing of Thomas Fuller, Church of England clergyman. facsimile is a borrowing from Latin.
Facsimile comes from two Latin roots: facere, meaning "to make," and simile, meaning "like." Fax machines are so called because they copy and transmit facsimiles of documents, or faxes for short, over phone lines.
Deriving from the Latin fac simile (‘make similar’), the term ‘facsimile’ means an exact copy, representation, or reproduction of a piece of writing or printing, imitating in every detail the ...
(Definition of facsimile from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) facsimile | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / fækˈsɪm·ə·li / Add to word list. an exact copy, esp. of a document. A facsimile is also a fax.
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. (Today, we also use the phrase “a reasonable facsimile” for a copy that is fairly close but not exact.)
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.
