Microfilm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microfilm is a noun meaning A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size.
Meaning
A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To reproduce (documents) on such film.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- microfilms
- microfilming
- microfilmed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include photostat, xerography, film, location, microfiche, microform.
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