microfilm
to make a microfilm of.
Origin of microfilm
1Other 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 SheckleyUltimately, 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 PiperHe had returned just as Farida Khouroglu was finishing the microfilm copies of Kato's ingeniously-concocted pseudo-data.
The Mercenaries | Henry Beam PiperI want the whole thing copied on microfilm, four negatives of everything in the file.
The Five Arrows | Allan Chase
British Dictionary definitions for microfilm
/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɪlm) /
a strip of film of standard width on which books, newspapers, documents, etc, can be recorded in miniaturized form
to photograph (a page, document, etc) on microfilm
- See also microfiche
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Cultural definitions for 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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