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Microfilm

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size. countable, uncountable
"This detail made it easier, decades later, when I was browsing through reels of microfilms of The New York Times, to establish that morning’s date."
2
film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material wordnet

Verb

1
To reproduce (documents) on such film. transitive
"Power set up a camera in the British Museum and eventually microfilmed many pre-1640 English books that he selected from Pollard and Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (STC) and other important works in the museum’s collections."
2
record on microfilm wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From micro- + film.

Etymology 2

From micro- + film.

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