microfilm
pronunciation
How to pronounce microfilm in British English:
UK [ˈmaɪkrəʊfɪlm]
How to pronounce microfilm in American English:
US [ˈmaɪkroʊfɪlm]
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- Noun:
- film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
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- Verb:
- record on microfilm
Word Origin
- microfilm (n.)
- 1927, coined from micro- + film (n.). The verb is first recorded 1940, from the noun. Related: Microfilmed; microfilming.
Example
- 1. The microfilm was smuggled out in a hollowed-out book .
- 2. Is this book on microfiche or microfilm ?
- 3. It was to harbor drawers brimming with reference books , microfilm and bibliographic cards .
- 4. If you use the atlases on microfilm , copies are easily made .
- 5. Shawcross said the saturn 5 blueprints are held at the marshall space flight center on microfilm .