mi·cro·film
ˈmī-krə-ˌfilm 
: a film bearing a photographic record on a reduced scale of printed or other graphic matter
Examples of microfilm in a Sentence
Noun
studying newspaper microfilms from the early 1900s
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The plot revolves around a classic Hitchcock MacGuffin: a roll of microfilm, a perfunctory narrative device that perfectly illustrates how spy stories are often really about everything but what everyone’s chasing after.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Nicole Dungca, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
His team quickly microfilmed the material and sent it to the front, where Allied artillery units could immediately use it to improve their targeting.
—Greg Miller, Smithsonian, 23 Oct. 2019
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Noun
While paper documents are the most common source of classified information, photographs, maps, motion pictures, videotapes, databases, microfilms, hard drives, CDs and more can be classified.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The plot revolves around a classic Hitchcock MacGuffin: a roll of microfilm, a perfunctory narrative device that perfectly illustrates how spy stories are often really about everything but what everyone’s chasing after.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
Most of the files have been microfilmed and converted to PDFs, though the original paperwork remains available for inspection.
—Nicole Dungca, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
His team quickly microfilmed the material and sent it to the front, where Allied artillery units could immediately use it to improve their targeting.
—Greg Miller, Smithsonian, 23 Oct. 2019
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“Microfilm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microfilm. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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