microform

UK
/ˈmaɪkrəʊfɔːm/
US
/ˈmaɪkroʊfɔrm/
microformsubstantiv
microforms
Pl.
UK
/ˈmaɪkrəʊfɔːm/
US
/ˈmaɪkroʊfɔrm/
Übersetzungen
The library has a large collection of historical documents on microform.
В библиотеке есть большая коллекция исторических документов на микроформе.
Definitionen
A format for storing documents in miniature form, typically on film or paper, that can be magnified for reading.
The library has a vast collection of historical newspapers available on microform.
A copy of a document that has been reproduced in miniature on film or similar medium.
Researchers requested several microforms of the 19th-century census records.
Synonyme
miniature form
reduced format
microformverb
microformed
Präteritum
microformed
Partizip Perfekt
microforming
Gerundium
UK
/ˈmaɪ.krəʊ.fɔːm/
US
/ˈmaɪ.kroʊ.fɔrm/
Transitive use meaning ‘to reproduce (documents) on microfilm or similar miniature format’.
Definitionen
To reproduce (a document or collection) in microform.
The archive staff microformed the fragile manuscripts to preserve them.
Synonyme
reproduce in miniature
photograph onto microfilm
microformadjektiv
Attributive use, e.g. ‘microform reader’; treated as an adjective per guidelines.
Definitionen
Relating to or used for microform storage or reproduction.
She scrolled through the pages on a microform reader.