fax
The definition of a fax, also called a facsimile, is an image of a document that was scanned and sent electronically by a machine, or is slang for the machine used to send the image.
(noun)An electronic document that is scanned by a machine and sent electronically to another machine where it is printed out is an example of a fax.
To fax is defined as to send documents via a machine that scans them and transmits them electronically to another similar machine after you put in a telephone number telling it what machine is the destination.
(verb)When you send an item using a fax machine, this is an example of a time when you fax.
See fax in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the transmission of graphic matter by electrical or electronic means, as over a telephone line, for reception and reproduction; facsimile
- a reproduction produced in this way, printed out or stored as a computer file
- a device for producing such copiesalso fax machine
Origin: < facsimile
adjective
transitive verb
- to transmit by fax
- to send to by fax
See fax in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun In both senses also called facsimile.
- A fax machine.
- A printed page or image transmitted or received by a fax machine.
Origin:
Origin: Shortening and alteration of facsimile
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