facsimile
\fak-SIM-uh-lee\,noun;
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.
verb:
1.to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.
adjective:
1.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.
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Quotes:
For readers interested in seeing the novel in its pristine original form, a 1975 facsimile of the first edition, published by Garland as part of its “Library of Narratives of North American Indian Captivities” series, is available in many university libraries.
-- Matthew Mason and Nicholas Mason, "A Note on the Text," foreword to The History and the Life and Adventures of Mr. Anderson by Edward Kimber, 2008
I am still a facsimile of my early childhood.
-- Gary Shteyngart," Super Sad True Love Story," 2010
Origin:
Facsimile comes from the earlier phrase fac simile which literally meant "make the like." It is related to the word simile and entered English in the 1650s.
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