单词 | facsimile |
释义 | facsimile /fak sim"euh lee/, n. , v. , facsimiled, facsimileing, adj. n. 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. 3. dropout (def. 5). v.t. 4. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of. adj. 5. Also, fax. Telecommunications. a. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail. b. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission. [1655-65; earlier fac simile make the like, equiv. to L fac (impv. of facere) + simile, n. use of neut. of similis like; see SIMILE] Syn. 1. replica, likeness. 1, 4. duplicate. |
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