microfilm
/mˈaɪkɹəfˌɪlm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.71 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "This detail made it easier, decades later, when I was browsing through reels of microfilms of The New York Times, to establish that morning’s date."
- "Power set up a camera in the British Museum and eventually microfilmed many pre-1640 English books that he selected from Pollard and Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (STC) and other important works in the museum’s collections."
Etymology
Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film English microfilm From micro- + film.