microfilm
noun
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.
microfilms
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pluralof microfilm.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof microfilm (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
microfilmnouna 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.
Example Sentences
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I’ve spent many enjoyable afternoons at the court archives in Chicago, combing through the microfilms indexes and trying to find lawsuits that involved Holmes.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2019
After hours scouring Cyrillic microfilms on outmoded computers in the public archives, we found my family’s records.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2017
After she discovered the dusty ledger, she began spending nights at the library, blurring through old newspaper microfilms and entering a world of “unhelpful librarians.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2015
The offenders also are banned from appearing in any further entertainment program, online drama or microfilms.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2014
I spent the evening at the public library looking at microfilms of the El Paso Times.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
