Misfilm

Quick meaning: Misfilm is a verb meaning To make an error when microfilming documents.

Meaning

To make an error when microfilming documents.

More Meanings

1. To make a poor cinematic adaptation of
2. An error that occurs when microfilming.

Example Sentences

Paul Dehn pulled no punches when he talked about 'Misfilming Shakespeare' on May 29th. He was vehement in his dislike of Orson Welles's versions of Macbeth and Othello.

Filmmakers, who know they can't take their films back ( “I misfilmed?” ) , routinely spend six months editing until they have revised a film into the precise form that they want it to take.

The filming here appears to be consistent in terms of polarity and resolution and is typically up to Harvester's high filming standards for archival materials with no repeat filming to make up for previously misfilmed items.

But you must record those documents very precisely indeed, because if you happen to misfilm one of those documents, effectively it's lost for all time, because the chances of actually getting back to it must be considered almost nil.

Word Forms

• misfilms
• misfilming
• misfilmed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misdocument, misframe, misfile, misimprint, misprint, mischeck.

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