The definition of a microfiche is a small, flat piece of microfilm containing small photographs or images of documents.
(noun)An example of a microfiche is a piece of microfilm in a library with small photographs of pages of newspapers.
See microfiche in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. microfiches or microfiche
Origin: Fr < micro-, micro- + fiche, a small card, mark on a card, orig. a pin, peg < OFr ficher, to attach: see fichu
See microfiche in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. microfiche microfiche or mi·cro·fich·es
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: : Greek mīkro-, micro-
Origin: + French fiche, peg, slip of paper, index card (from Old French, peg, from fichier, to drive in, fasten, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgere; see dhīgw- in Indo-European roots)
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