Fax vs. Telefax — What's the Difference?

Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (the latter short for telefacsimile), is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. The original document is scanned with a fax machine (or a telecopier), which processes the contents (text or images) as a single fixed graphic image, converting it into a bitmap, and then transmitting it through the telephone system in the form of audio-frequency tones.

Synonym of telefacsimile

A fax machine.

(transitive) To transmit by telefacsimile.

A document transmitted or received by a fax machine. In both senses also called facsimile.

Send something via a facsimile machine;

To transmit (a document) by a fax machine.

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A document sent, or received and printed by a fax machine

To send a document via a fax machine.

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Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

Send something via a facsimile machine;