Telefax

Definition: Telefax

Telefax

Verb

1. Send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?".

Domain	Definitions
Computing	International public facsimile service between subscribers'stations via the public switched telephone network. Source: European Union. (references)
General	Equipment for sending and receiving facsimiles of printed or pictorial matter by analog or digital transmission either over a telephone line or via a telecommunications network. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Telefax

Synonyms: facsimile (v), fax (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Telefax

Specialty definitions using "telefax": business incubator ♦ incubator centre ♦ managed workspace. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Telefax" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (fax), Hungarian (telefax), Swedish (fax, telefax).

Domain	Title
Books	Sistemas de Telefax Meteorologico (reference) Zugang und Schriftform beim Telefax (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Fmb Fertilizer 3-6-9 Telefax Report (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Cyprus	Installation of telephones, telexes and telefax usually takes one week. (references)
Travel	Cyprus	Telefax service is available, as is the Internet. (references)
	Colombia	This publication and others, such as Tips for Travelers to Central and South America, are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402; via the Internet at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs; or via the Bureau of Consular Affairs home page at http://travel.state.gov/. Travelers can also hear recorded information by calling the Department of State in Washington, D.C. at (202) 647-5225 from a touch-tone telephone, or receive information via automated telefax by dialing (202) 647-3000. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Telefax" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Telefax" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	7	133,076

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "telefax"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		telefaxapparat (facsimile machine, telecopier), telefax (facsimile, facsimile machine, facsimile telegraphy, telecopier), fax (facsimile image transmission, facsimile machine, telecopier). (various references)

Dutch		telefax, faxtoestel (facsimile machine, telecopier), fax (facsimile machine), facsimile-toestel (facsimile machine, telecopier). (various references)

Finnish		telekopio (facsimile, telecopy), telefaksi (facsimile, facsimile machine, telecopy), faksi (facsimile, facsimile machine, telecopy). (various references)

French		téléfax (facsimile telegraphy, telecopier), télécopieur (telecopier), service de télécopie. (various references)

German		Telefax (facsimile, facsimile image transmission, facsimile telegraphy, fax), Fernkopiergerät (facsimile machine, telecopier), Fernkopierer (facsimile image transmission, facsimile machine, remote copier, telecopier), Fernkopieren (facsimile, facsimile communication, fax, telecopy, telecopying), Fax (facsimile, facsimile image transmission, facsimile machine, fax, telecopier). (various references)

Greek		τηλεομοιοτυπία, τελεφάξ. (various references)

Hungarian		telefax. (various references)

Italian		telefax (facsimile, facsimile machine, telecopier), fax (facsimile, facsimile machine, fax, telecopier, telecopy). (various references)

Pig Latin		elefaxtay.(various references)

Portuguese		telefax, telecopiadora (facsimile machine, telecopier), fax (facsimile, facsimile image transmission, facsimile machine, fax machine, telecopier). (various references)

Russian		телефакс. (various references)

Spanish		telefax (facsimile machine, telecopier), fax (facsimile, facsimile machine, fax, telecopier, telecopy), facsímil (fac simile, facsimile, facsimile machine, fax, telecopier). (various references)

Swedish		telefax (facsimile machine, fax), fax (facsimile machine, fax). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-l-t-x"
	-2 letters: elate, exalt, fetal, fleet, latex, telae, telex.
	-3 letters: alee, alef, axel, axle, falx, fate, feal, feat, feel, feet, felt, feta, fete, flat, flax, flea, flee, flex, late, leaf, leet, left, tael, tale, teal, teel, tela, tele.
	-4 letters: aft, ale, alt, ate, axe, eat, eel, eft, elf, eta, fat, fax, fee, fet, lat, lax, lea, lee, let, lex, tae, tax, tea, tee, tel.
	-5 letters: ae, al, at, ax, ef, el, et, ex, fa, la, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-l-t-x"
	+2 letters: exfoliate.
	+3 letters: exfoliated, exfoliates.
	+4 letters: exfoliative.
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