microfilm

microfilm
microfilmer, n.
/muy"kreuh film'/, n.
1. a film bearing a miniature photographic copy of printed or other graphic matter, usually of a document, newspaper or book pages, etc., made for a library, archive, or the like.
2. a film, esp. of motion-picture stock, on which microcopies are made.
v.t.
3. to make a microfilm of.
[1930-35; MICRO- + FILM]

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