microfilm
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkroʊfɪlm/
- Archaic
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microfilme
- I want that microfilm and I'm going to get it.
- available on microfilm
- microfilm collection
- Archives microfilm
And I went over, crossed the quad to the microfilm room, and I started getting out the New York Tribune.
- And I went over, crossed the quad to the microfilm room, and I started getting out the New York Tribune.
- They're they're, they're microfilm microfiche, they call it.
Examples
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The National Library contains microfilms of newspapers with a special interest in the favelas.
Academic text (1997) -
Information about securing microfilms of dissertations and theses can be obtained through the library as well.
Academic text (1990) -
I thought these were gonna be on microfilm.
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Once, she was at the library, looking at microfilm, and I had stood off to the side watching her.
Fiction book (1998) -
Are you in possession of my microfilm?
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Finding an individual in the National Archives microfilm of the population schedules has never been easier.
Academic text (2009) -
Jennifer sits at one of the microfilm machines, scanning over old newspaper articles.
Fiction book (1994) -
Finally, I examined their pension records on microfilm from the Civil War Pension Records, available from Microfilm Record Group 94.
Academic text (2005) -
In the 1920s and 1930s, libraries began converting books, manuscripts, and eventually newspapers to microfilm.
Academic text (2015) -
The library has extensive collections of microfilm that archive historical newspapers.
Synonyms
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2.5
A thin strip coated with chemicals that react to light for photos
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3.1
A thin strip of material that cameras use to take pictures with light
How Compact
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Microfilm comes from the parts micro- 'small' and film 'thin material that holds pictures'. So a microfilm is film that holds very small copies of pages or photos to save space and keep records for a long time.