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Verb Microfilm Noun Film  To Mi·Cro·Film  International Scientific

Title microfilm
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
mi·cro·film
I

 \\ˈmī-krə-ˌfilm\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  International Scientific Vocabulary
 DATE  1906
: a film bearing a photographic record on a reduced scale of printed or other graphic matter

II
verb
 DATE  1937
transitive verb
: to reproduce on microfilm
intransitive verb
: to make microfilms
• mi·cro·film·able 
 \\ˌmī-krə-ˈfil-mə-bəl\\ adjective
• mi·cro·film·er 
 \\ˈmī-krə-ˌfil-mər\\ noun
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 5maikrEufilmNAmE -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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