microprint

[ mahy-kruh-print ]

/ ˈmaɪ krəˌprɪnt /

noun

a microphotograph reproduced in print for reading by a magnifying device.

Words nearby microprint

microplethysmography, micropodia, micropore, microporous, micropower, microprint, microprism, microprobe, microprocessor, microprogram, microprogramming

Origin of microprint

First recorded in 1930–35; micro- + print

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Examples from the Web for microprint

However, they had enough old Federation-period textbooks still in microprint to know what could be done with gadolinium.
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British Dictionary definitions for microprint

microprint

/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌprɪnt) /

noun

a microphotograph reproduced on paper and read by a magnifying device. It is used in order to reduce the size of large books, etc

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