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valid (iou) and fax (sh)


valid (iou)



valid adjective. L16.
[French valide or Latin validus strong, from valere be strong: see -ID1. Cf. earlier INVALID adjective1.]
Possessing legal authority; executed with the proper formalities; legally acceptable or binding. L16.
W. S. Jevons According to law,..many..documents are not legally valid unless they be stamped. Amiga Computing A Eurocheque book...means you can write a cheque valid in any currency in Europe.
b. Ecclesiastical. Of a sacrament: correctly performed and (esp. in the case of baptism) not needing to be repeated. L17.
Of an argument, assertion, objection, etc.: well-founded and applicable; sound, defensible. M17.
M. Mitchell I admit that you have valid ground for suspicion. Health Now Armed with your statistics about..rain forests I could have made some very valid points.
b. gen. Effective; having some force, pertinency, or value. M17.
Of a thing: strong, powerful. arch. M17.
Cornhill Magazine In addition to the strong jaws..there are three exceedingly valid hooks.
Of a person: sound or robust in body; healthy. arch. M17.
G. A. Sala When he was a valid man he may have had many a boxing bout.
validly adverb so as to be valid; with validity: M17.
validness noun (rare) validity E18.

fax (sh)




in full facsimile

Device for the transmission and reproduction of documents by digitized signals sent over telephone lines.

Fax machines scan printed text and Graphics and convert the image into a digital code: 1 for dark areas, 0 for white areas. The code is transmitted through the telephone network to similar devices, where the documents are reproduced in close to their original form. Though the concepts for fax technology were developed in the 19th century, widespread use did not occur until the 1970s, when inexpensive means of adapting digitized information to telephone circuits became common.