microfilm
noun
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L323896 on Wikidata ↗verb
- film
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film English microfilm From micro- + film.
- A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size.
“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.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film English microfilm From micro- + film.
- To reproduce (documents) on such film.
“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.”