noun. A film on which printed materials are photographed at greatly reduced size for ease of storage.

noun. A reproduction on this kind of film.

transitive verb. To reproduce (documents, for example) on microfilm.

noun. a photographic film with one or more very small images of printed or other graphic matter. Numerous images, corresponding to the contents of a book, newspaper, or journal, are typically produced on one long roll of film, and may be viewed for reading in a special apparatus called a microfilm reader.

transitive verb. to photograph and produce images of on microfilm.

noun. A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size

verb. To reproduce documents on such film

verb. record on microfilm

noun. film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material

"And these libraries do not even do a thorough job of checking that the microfilm is clear and legible, so entire issues are lost and can never be recovered, because the originals have already been turned to pulp."

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