facsimile: Meaning and Definition of

fac•sim•i•le

1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
2. Also called
1. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
2. an image transmitted by such a method.
3. dropout (def. 5).

1. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.

1. facsimile mail.
1. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile:facsimile mail.
2. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile:facsimile transmission.