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microfilm
Microfilm is film on which tiny photographs of printed materials are stored.
(noun)An example of microfilm is how large amounts of historical documents are stored in public libraries.
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See microfilm in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- film on which documents, printed pages, etc. are photographed in a reduced size for convenience in storage and transportation: enlarged prints can be made from such film, or the film can be viewed by projection
- reproduction on microfilm
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to photograph on microfilm
See microfilm in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A film on which printed materials are photographed at greatly reduced size for ease of storage.
- A reproduction on this kind of film.
To reproduce (documents, for example) on microfilm.
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