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fax

[ faks ]

/ fæks /

Telecommunications.

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noun

facsimile(def 2).

adjective

facsimile(def 5).

verb (used with object)

to transmit a facsimile of (printed matter, photographs, or the like) electronically: Fax the information to all our branch offices.

Origin of fax

by shortening and respelling

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH fax

facts FAQs fax

Words nearby fax

fawcett, fawkes, fawn, fawn lily, fawny, fax, fax machine, fax modem, faxa bay, fay, fayal

Example sentences from the Web for fax

According to a police source, that fax came in at 2:46 p.m.—literally a after before the fatal bullets flew.

Alleged Cop Killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley Had a Death Wish |M.L. Nestel |December 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But this is a regular office with fax machines and telephones and computers.

Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees |Barbie Latza Nadeau |December 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In fact, new technologies—copiers, fax machines, and recently the iPad—were significant sources of inspiration for him.

The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney |William O’Connor |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Beginning in 1988, he also dove into making art using a fax machine.

The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney |William O’Connor |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The letters, telephone calls, and fax messages started pouring into the Lyceum.

Rebels Rise Again Over Flag Banning |Robert Khayat |July 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It is to be connected, it would seem, etymologically with fax, 'a torch'.

The Oxford Book of Latin Verse |Various
May we not say in mythology as in literature, Fax mentis incendium gloria?

An Introduction to Mythology |Lewis Spence
The difficulty, then, is how fax we are ourselves the objects of our senses.

A Treatise of Human Nature |David Hume
Fax mentis incendium glori—The flame of glory is the torch of the mind.

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources |James Wood
Fax is the general expression for any sort of torch; tda is a natural pine torch; funale, an artificial wax-torch.

Dderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes |Ludwig Dderlein

British Dictionary definitions for fax

fax

/ (fæks) /

noun

Also: fax machine short for facsimile machine

short for facsimile transmission

a message or document sent by fax

verb

(tr) to send (a message, document, etc) by fax