v. t. [ Shortened form of telefax, from tele- and facsimile. ]
n. [ Shortened form of telefax, from tele- and facsimile. ] A document which is a facsimile of another document, converted into electrical symbols by a facsimile machine at one telephone terminal, transmitted via telephone and printed on some form of paper at a facsimile machine at a second telephone terminal. A document transmitted using a computer at one or both ends may also be called a
a. [ AS. feaxede haired, fr. feax hair. Cf. Paxwax. ] Hairy. [ Obs. ] amden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Shortened form of telefax, from tele- and facsimile. ] A device which is designed to transmit and receive images by the facsimile{ 2 } process. Such a device may also be able to perform other functions, such as scanning an image or copying an image; a telefax device. [ PJC ]