noun
microfilm
noun
1
A roll of film containing greatly reduced photographic copies of documents, once widely used for archiving.
"The old newspaper archives were stored on microfilm before being digitised."
verb
1
To photograph documents onto microfilm for storage.
"The library microfilmed thousands of historic records in the 1960s."
How to Use Microfilm
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned way of storing documents as tiny photographs on a roll of film, largely replaced by digital scanning.
Word Forms
microfilmed past tense, microfilms plural, microfilms singular
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Etymology
A compound of "micro-" (small) and "film," describing the miniature photographic copies used for compact document storage.