noun / verb

fax

FAKS/fæks/

A copy of a document transmitted through telephone signals.

A fax from the insurance company arrives at our office.

A fax machine sends a plain illustrated page to a second fax machine connected by a subtle telephone-line curve.

Etymology

Facsimile means an exact copy. Fax first named the technology for transmitting such copies, then a transmission itself, giving the electronically sent document its name.

In context

The Art of Heavy Metal4:41

so we got a fax back

IMMOLATION - Art and the creative process behind it.

More examples

Please fax the signed form to the number below.
She received a fax confirming her appointment.
We are faxing the contract because their email is down.

Forms

fax · faxes · faxed · faxing

Similar words

facsimile: An exact copy, not necessarily sent over telephone lines.
copy: A reproduction made by any method, not necessarily transmitted.