microcopy

American  

[mahy-kruh-kop-ee] / ˈmaɪ krəˌkɒp i /

noun

• microcopies
  plural

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

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microcopy British  

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒpɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• microcopies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of microcopy

First recorded in 1930–35; micro- + copy

Example Sentences

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microcopy microcopies

Working with the molecules, he combined state-of-the-art experimental techniques including time-resolved in situ atomic-force microscopy at near-molecular resolution, x-ray diffraction, absorption spectroscopy and scanning electron microcopy.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024

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

From Time Crime by Freas, Kelly

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

From Time Crime by Freas, Kelly

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

From The Cosmic Computer by Piper, H. Beam