Short informal form of facsimile; an exact copy or reproduction of a document or image.
A shortened form of 'facsimile,' which comes from Latin 'fac simile' (make similar). This abbreviation emerged in modern usage as facsimiles became common in business and publishing.
Before scanning technology, making a 'facsim' meant hiring people to carefully hand-copy documents—now we just hit a button, but the word reminds us that exact reproduction used to be serious work!
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