microcopy

[mahy-kruh-kop-ee]

noun

plural

microcopies 

1. a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.

microcopy

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒpɪ /

noun

1. Sometimes called: microphotograph. a greatly reduced photographic copy of a printed page, drawing, etc, on microfilm or microfiche

Word History and Origins

Origin of microcopy¹

First recorded in 1930–35; micro- + copy

Example Sentences

The people at Armed Forces Records would let me look at everything else, and make microcopies and all, but not one word about computers.

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Vall pressed a lever under his screen, and a rectangle of microcopy print popped out.

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He put the microcopy in an enlarger, and carried the enlarged print with him to the conveyer room.

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