facsimile vs microfiche

facsimile

noun
  • The image sent by the machine itself. 

  • A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network. 

  • A copy or reproduction. 

  • Reproduction in the exact form as the original. 

verb
  • To make a copy of; to reproduce. 

  • To send via a facsimile machine; to fax. 

microfiche

noun
  • A device used to magnify and read these sheets. 

  • A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader. 

verb
  • To convert (documents) to microfiche format. 

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