microcopyn.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌkɒpi/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌkɑpi/, /ˈmaɪkrəˌkɑpi/ A copy of a text that has been reduced in size by the use of microphotography. in microcopy: in the form of a microcopy or microcopies.
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society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > act of copying in reduced form > microcopy
microfilm1933
microprint1933
microcopy1934
microcard1944
microform1944
microdot1946
microfiche1950
micro-opaque1952
fiche1959
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Microcopy n.
1936 Microphotogr. for Libr. 1936 (Amer. Libr. Assoc.) 4 Whenever we contemplate reproducing something in microcopy for a number of users, we should give especial attention to materials cost.
1936 Microphotogr. for Libr. 1936 (Amer. Libr. Assoc.) 13 The production of microcopies is relatively easy and inexpensive.
1972 Computers & Humanities 7 46 The National Library will acquire most periodicals required in order to back up these services, as well as other references available in microcopy.
1993 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 65 518 (note) Microcopy of National Archives Record Group (hereafter NARG) 84.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
microcopyv.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌkɒpi/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌkɑpi/, /ˈmaɪkrəˌkɑpi/ transitive. To make a microcopy or microcopies of. Also intransitive.
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society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > copying equipment > microcopy
microcopy1935
microfilm1937
microcard1944
1935 [see microcopying n. at Derivatives].
1936 Microphotogr. for Libr. 1936 (Amer. Libr. Assoc.) 3 We microcopy because, by reducing the size of letters, we can reduce tremendously the cost of making copies.
1947 Speculum 21 247 (note) The outcome was a permanent ACLS committee on Microcopying Materials for Research.
Derivatives
ˈmicrocopying n.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > act of copying in reduced form
microcopying1935
microfilming1936
microprinting1955
microdotting1961
1935 Libr. Jrnl. 1 Apr. 292/2 The wide application of micro-copying to the research problems of modern scholarship is an inevitable development.
1978 William & Mary Q. 35 755 The microcopying of auction and dealers' catalogs to afford users of American Manuscripts direct access to the catalogs indexed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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