Facsimile
[fæk'sɪmɪlɪ] or [fæk'sɪməli]
Definition
(noun.) duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
(noun.) an exact copy or reproduction.
Editor: Seth--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.
(v. t.) To make a facsimile of.
Checked by Hayes
Examples
- Let us assume that we have a painting or a drawing in colors from which it is desired to produce a set of printing plates to produce that drawing in facsimile. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was a wax-coloured model of my friend, so admirably done that it was a perfect facsimile. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Only one or two copies of this journal are now discoverable, but its appearance can be judged from the reduced facsimile here shown. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The accompanying illustrations are reduced facsimiles of the drawings attached to the above patent, No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Luke