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microfilm

nounmasculinetechnicaluncommon/mikɾuˈfilmɨ/mi·cro·fil·me

Definition

Photographic film on a small scale used for archiving documents, books, or newspapers.

“The newspaper's historical archives were transferred to microfilm.”

“A special reader is needed to view the microfilms.”

microfilm reelmicrofilm readerarchive on microfilm