Microfilm

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Microfilm \Mic"ro*film\, n. [Micro- + film.]
     a photographic film with one or more very small images of
     printed or other graphic matter. Numerous images,
     corresponding to the contents of a book, newspaper, or
     journal, are typically produced on one long roll of film, and
     may be viewed for reading in a special apparatus called a


     microfilm reader.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Microfilm \Mic"ro*film\, v. t.
     to photograph and produce images of on microfilm.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  microfilm
       n : film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced
           size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used
           to read the material
       v : record on microfilm

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "microfilm":
     Flexowriter typewriter, Photostat, Teleplotter, X-ray, Xerox,
     alphabetical printer, backing, bibliofilm, bipack,
     black-and-white film, bulletin board, calotype, capture on film,
     card, cartridge, catalog card, clone, color film,
     color negative film, copy, digital graph plotter, disc, ditto,
     dope, double, dry plate, dupe, duplicate, emulsion, facsimile,
     file, filing card, film, frame, hard copy, hectograph, index card,
     library catalog, magnetic recorder, magnetic tape, manifold,
     microcard, microcards, microcopy, microdot, microfiche, mimeo,
     mimeograph, monochromatic film, motion-picture film, mug,
     multigraph, negative, orthochromatic film, oscillograph recorder,
     oscilloscope, pack, pan, panchromatic film, phonograph record,
     photograph, photographic paper, photomap, plate, platter,
     printing paper, printout, punch cards, punched tape, quadruplicate,
     radiograph, reader, readout, recorder, reduplicate, relay register,
     replicate, reproduce, roentgenograph, roll, scoreboard, scorecard,
     scoresheet, shoot, slip, snap, snapshoot, snapshot, sound film,
     sound track, sound-on-film, soundstripe, stat, take a photograph,
     talbotype, tape, tape reader, teletypewriter, ticker tape, trace,
     transcribe, tripack, triplicate, vehicle, videotape