microfilm
A continuous film strip that holds several thousand miniaturized document pages. See micrographics. |
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| Billions of pages have been recorded on film and fiche, but optical methods are replacing this old imaging method. |
microfilm
a strip of film of standard width on which books, newspapers, documents, etc., can be recorded in miniaturized form
microfilm [′mī·krə‚film]
(graphic arts)
Greatly reduced film records of such things as books, newspapers, engineering drawings, reports, and manuscripts; copies are made on fine-grain film of 16, 35, 70, and 105-millimeter size, permitting easy storage and handling.
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