n. In both senses also called facsimile.

1. A fax machine.
2. A printed page or image transmitted or received by a fax machine.

tr.v., faxed, fax·ing, fax·es.

To transmit (printed matter or an image) by electronic means.

[Shortening and alteration of FACSIMILE.]

System for the electronic transmission of images over telephone lines from one fax machine to another. Fax is an abbreviated term for facsimile. Faxing is frequently used to send press proofs from the printer to the customer for approval. International publishers sometimes fax layouts to various printers throughout the world for local printing and distribution of newspapers and magazines, getting them to readers faster than if they were printed at one location.

Use of electronics to send printed materials. A picture of the material is coded by an electronic scanning device, sent over phone or electronic wire, and reproduced at its destination.

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is short for:

Meaning	Category
Facsimile	Governmental->Military
Fax (generic Group 3 1bit encoded data) (most Fax programs)	Computing->File Extensions

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IN BRIEF: n. - Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio v. - Send something via a facsimile machine.

Tutor's tip: "Facts" (real and true things) can be sent quickly by "fax." (a machine that transmits written messages over telephone lines)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - fax, telefax
v. tr. - faxe, sende en telefax

idioms:

• fax machine    telefax
• fax modem    telefaxmodem

2.
n. pl. - fakta

Nederlands (Dutch)
fax, faxen

Français (French)
1.
n. - fax, télécopieur
v. tr. - faxer, télécopier

idioms:

• fax machine    fax, télécopieur
• fax modem    modem (modulateur démodulateur)

2.
n. pl. - faits (fam)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Fax
v. - faxen

idioms:

• fax machine    Fax, Faxmaschine
• fax modem    Modem, Faxmodem

2.
n. pl. - Tatsachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τέλε)φαξ, (συσκευή για) τηλεομοιοτυπία
v. - στέλνω φαξ

idioms:

• fax machine    συσκευή φαξ/τηλεομοιοτυπίας
• fax modem    (Η/Υ) κάρτα φαξ-μόντεμ

Italiano (Italian)
trasmettere per fax, telefax

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fax (m)
v. - enviar por fax

Русский (Russian)
передавать по факсу, факс

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - fax, telefax
v. tr. - enviar/mandar por fax

idioms:

• fax machine    máquina de fax
• fax modem    fax módem

2.
n. pl. - hechos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fax
v. - faxa

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
传真机, 传真通信, 传真

idioms:

• fax machine    传真机
• fax modem    有传真机功能的调变解调器

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傳真機, 傳真通信
v. tr. - 傳真

idioms:

• fax machine    傳真機
• fax modem    有傳真機功能的調變解調器

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 팩시밀리
v. tr. - 전소하다

2.
n. pl. - 사실, 정보

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 電送写真, ファックス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رساله بالفاكس (فعل) يرسل رساله بالفاكس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פקס, מסר המועבר באמצעות פקסימיליה‬
v. tr. - ‮שלח פקס, פיקסס‬
n. pl. - ‮עובדות‬

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fax	Thermal Fax
Fax Machine	Laser Fax