microprint

American

[mahy-kruh-print] / ˈmaɪ krəˌprɪnt /

noun

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

microprint British

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of microprint

First recorded in 1930–35; micro- + print

Example Sentences

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There is also microprint hidden inside the images.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2011

He thinks the solution is already at hand, in microprint.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is already possible, he reports, to microprint 250 book pages on one side of a 3 in. by 5 in. card.

From Time Magazine Archive

A two-volume microprint edition has been available since 1971, but requires a magnifying glass to read.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

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