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microfiche

UK/ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌfiːʃ//ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌfiːʃ/

microfiche noun: a sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.

microfiche: a sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages,...
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Noun

microfiche (plural microfiches)

  1. A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
  2. A device used to magnify and read these sheets.

Verb

microfiche (third-person singular simple present microfiches, present participle microfiching, simple past and past participle microfiched)

  1. (transitive) To convert (documents) to microfiche format.

microfiche meaning in Indonesian

microfiche in Indonesian

sheet of microfilm
mikrofis

Forms of microfiche

Noun
pluralmicrofiches
Verb
third-person singular presentmicrofiches
present participlemicrofiching
past participlemicrofiched
pastmicrofiched

Origin of microfiche

Borrowed from French microfiche.

Words formed from microfiche

Questions about microfiche

What does microfiche mean?
Microfiche means a sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
What is microfiche in Indonesian?
Microfiche in Indonesian is mikrofis. See Microfiche meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is microfiche?
Microfiche can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce microfiche?
Microfiche is pronounced /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌfiːʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of microfiche?
The plural of microfiche is microfiches.

Words near microfiche in the dictionary

  1. microfibrils
  2. microfibrosis
  3. microfibrotic
  4. microfibrous
  5. microfic
  6. microfiche
  7. microfiched
  8. microfiches
  9. microfiching
  10. microfiction
  11. microfictions

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