'Microfilm' definitions:
Definition of 'microfilm'
(from WordNet)
noun
Film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
verb
Record on microfilm
Definition of 'Microfilm'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Microfilm'
From: GCIDE
- Microfilm \Mic"ro*film\, v. t. to photograph and produce images of on microfilm. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'microfilm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Flexowriter typewriter,
- 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,
- Photostat,
- 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,
- Teleplotter,
- teletypewriter,
- ticker tape,
- trace,
- transcribe,
- tripack,
- triplicate,
- vehicle,
- videotape,
- X-ray,
- Xerox