A franking machine prints postage on enevelopes; also known as a postal meter.
friction, heat, ... any form of energy (work) it produces, that doesn't serve the main purpose of the machine.
Agitators in a washing machine help to move that water around in the machine and also the clothes. This helps break up the dirt and cleans the clothes.
Chamfering machines are industrial machines that have several specific uses. The main purpose of Chamfering machines is to work metal into useful shapes.
The Biofeedback machine allows the process of gaining greater awareness of many physiological functions. Biofeedback may be used to improve health, performance and physiological changes.
It's short for "facsimile", because the machine creates a facsimile of the original document.
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It's short for facsimile - The word facsimile means 'likeness' or 'copy' - which is what a fax machine gives the recipient - a copy of the original document.
FAX is shorthand for facsimile.
Of course "fax" is a shortening of "facsimile", so early machines were often called "facsimile machines" and people referred to sending a fax as "sending a facsimile". A couple of other names, are telefax and telecopier. Today, a common kind of machine is a multi-function machine that is a copier/scanner/printer/fax. These are called multi-function machines, multi-function printers, or all-in-one's.
The facsimile machine was invented in 1842 by Alexander Bain. igup
The word fax is short for facsimile so you can find pictures of fax machines on electronics store websites such as Best Buy as well as on the wikipedia article labeled fax.
What is a gelatone facsimile?