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microcopy

[ mahy-kruh-kop-ee ]

noun

, plural mi·cro·cop·ies.
  1. a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.


microcopy

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒpɪ /

noun

  1. a greatly reduced photographic copy of a printed page, drawing, etc, on microfilm or microfiche Sometimes calledmicrophotograph
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of microcopy1

First recorded in 1930–35; micro- + copy
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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.

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

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

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