different between facsimile vs mimeograph

English

Etymology

From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /fæk?s?m.?.li/

Noun

facsimile (plural facsimiles or facsimilia)

1. (countable) A copy or reproduction.
   • 1964, Arthur Danto, “The Artworld” in Twentieth Century Theories of Art (1990), ed. James Matheson Thompson, § VIII, 540:

     To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:facsimile.
2. (uncountable) Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
3. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
4. The image sent by the machine itself.

Synonyms

• (copy): autotype, copy, reproduction
• (machine): facsimile machine, fax, fax machine
• (copy made by a facsimile): facsimile reproduction, fax

Translations

Verb

facsimile (third-person singular simple present facsimiles, present participle facsimileing or facsimiling, simple past and past participle facsimiled or facsimilied)

1. (transitive) To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.
2. (transitive) To make a copy of; to reproduce.

Synonyms

• fax, telefax

Translations

English

Etymology

Coined by A.B. Dick in 1889 and originally a trade name. From Ancient Greek ????? (mîmos), combining form mimeo +? -graph.

Noun

mimeograph (plural mimeographs)

1. (historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.

Synonyms

• mimeo
• stencil duplicator

Derived terms

• mimeographic
• mimeography

Translations

Verb

mimeograph (third-person singular simple present mimeographs, present participle mimeographing, simple past and past participle mimeographed)

1. To make mimeograph copies.

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Further reading

• mimeograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia