facsimile
noun/fækˈsɪməli/
/fækˈsɪməli/
- [countable] an exact copy of something
- A facsimile of the document is available in the British Library.
- a facsimile edition
- in facsimile a manuscript reproduced in facsimile
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- [uncountable, countable] (formal) fax (= a machine or system for sending documents in an electronic form along phone wires and then printing them; a document sent and printed in this way)
- a facsimile machine
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally as fac simile, denoting the making of an exact copy, especially of writing): modern Latin, from Latin fac! (imperative of facere ‘make’) and simile (neuter of similis ‘like’).
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