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microcopy

microcopy noun: a photocopy that is greatly reduced in size.

Noun

microcopy (countable and uncountable, plural microcopies)

  1. (countable) A photocopy that is greatly reduced in size.
  2. (uncountable) Very short copy.
    • If your microcopy isn't getting the job done, you'll lose users—and all the marketing in the world might not get you a second chance.2013, Smashing Magazine, Designing Better UX

Verb

microcopy (third-person singular simple present microcopies, present participle microcopying, simple past and past participle microcopied)

  1. (transitive) To copy (a document) at a greatly reduced size.

Forms of microcopy

Noun
pluralmicrocopies
Verb
third-person singular presentmicrocopies
present participlemicrocopying
past participlemicrocopied
pastmicrocopied

Origin of microcopy

From micro- + copy.

Questions about microcopy

What does microcopy mean?
Microcopy means a photocopy that is greatly reduced in size.
What part of speech is microcopy?
Microcopy can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of microcopy?
The plural of microcopy is microcopies.

Words near microcopy in the dictionary

  1. microcoordination
  2. microcopied
  3. microcopier
  4. microcopiers
  5. microcopies
  6. microcopy
  7. microcopying
  8. microcore
  9. microcores
  10. microcoria
  11. microcorm

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