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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mi·cro·film
ETYMOLOGY International Scientific Vocabulary DATE 1906 : a film bearing a photographic record on a reduced scale of printed or other graphic matter
verb DATE 1937 transitive verb : to reproduce on microfilm intransitive verb : to make microfilms English Etymology microfilm microfilm (n.) 1927, coined from micro- + film. The verb is first recorded 1940, from the noun. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 microfilm micro·film / 5maikrEufilm; NAmE -krou- / noun[U, C] film used for storing written information on in print of very small size 缩微胶卷 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mi·cro·film I. \ˈmīkrə+ˌ-\ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary micr- + film : a film often in the form of a strip 16 millimeters or 35 millimeters wide bearing a photographic record on a reduced scale of printed or other graphic matter (as for storage or transmission in small space) that is enlarged for reading or viewing II. transitive verb : to photograph on microfilm intransitive verb : to take microfilms |
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