Microfilm (Noun)
Meaning
Film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Archivists frequently use microfilm to store historical documents and newspapers, allowing them to conserve physical space.
- The researcher spent hours at the library scanning through microfilm of old newspapers to find relevant information for her thesis.
- To save storage space, the company began converting its paper records to microfilm, making it easier to access the data.
- Microfilm archives of the government's old records have been digitized and made available online for public access.
- The rare book library kept its most valuable and fragile items on microfilm, reducing wear and tear on the originals.