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e-mail definition

e·-mail (ē′māl′)

noun

  1. a system for sending messages, as by telephone line, from one computer or terminal to a receiving computer or terminal and for storing such messages
  2. a message or messages sent or stored in such a system

Etymology: < e(lectronic) + mail

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to send (a message) to (someone) by e-mail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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