microfilm

[ mahy-kruh-film ]
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noun
  1. a film bearing a miniature photographic copy of printed or other graphic matter, usually of a document, newspaper or book pages, etc., made for a library, archive, or the like.

  2. a film, especially of motion-picture stock, on which microcopies are made.

verb (used with object)
  1. to make a microfilm of.

Origin of microfilm

1
First recorded in 1930–35; micro- + film

Other words from microfilm

  • mi·cro·film·er, noun

Words Nearby microfilm

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How to use microfilm in a sentence

  • Donnaught dragged the bulky microfilm volume out of its locker, and they explored its pages.

    Warrior Race | Robert Sheckley
  • Ultimately, microfilm copies of these records will be made available to research libraries in the United States.

    The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London | Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation
  • "Better make microfilm copies for everybody," Heym ben-Hillel suggested.

    The Mercenaries | Henry Beam Piper
  • He had returned just as Farida Khouroglu was finishing the microfilm copies of Kato's ingeniously-concocted pseudo-data.

    The Mercenaries | Henry Beam Piper
  • I want the whole thing copied on microfilm, four negatives of everything in the file.

    The Five Arrows | Allan Chase

British Dictionary definitions for microfilm

microfilm

/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɪlm) /


noun
  1. a strip of film of standard width on which books, newspapers, documents, etc, can be recorded in miniaturized form

verb
  1. to photograph (a page, document, etc) on microfilm

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Cultural definitions for microfilm

microfilm

A film on which miniature copies of documents are reproduced. Microfilm allows for very compact storage of books and documents.

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