单词 | microfilm |
释义 | microfilmn. 1. Any of various kinds of very thin film. rare. ΚΠ 1932 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 31 Dec. 17/7 Microfilm was discovered by a young model builder who lives in Englewood, N. J., and its popularity is growing. 1980 J. B. Kitto in R. P. Stein Heat Transfer—Orlando 1980 60/1 The hydraulic and thermal forces present remove most of the annular water film leaving only a very thin micro-film behind. 2008 C. D'Angelo & P. Zunino in K. Kunisch et al. Numerical Math. & Adv. Applic. 77 Miniaturized metal structures that are coated with a micro-film containing the drug. 2. Film containing microphotographs of the pages of a book, periodical, etc.; a length of such film. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > act of copying in reduced form > microcopy microfilm1933 microprint1933 microcopy1934 microcard1944 microform1944 microdot1946 microfiche1950 micro-opaque1952 fiche1959 1933 Libr. Jrnl. 1 Apr. 316/1 It may interest readers to hear about a new camera, which, working on the same established principles of the microfilm, contains some very important improvements. 1935 Libr. Jrnl. 60 145/1 The only way to find out how well the film, made by M. Dagron, has preserved its original qualities during its sixty-four years, was to consider it like one of our modern micro-films and try to print enlargements from it. 1940 A. Huxley Let. 14 Oct. (1969) 461 All the big libraries make these micro-films now. 1957 Listener 24 Oct. 646/2 I should not be able to go to California or Russia. I should just have to go home and work with microfilms. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xvii. 546 What is visible and real in this world is only what has been transferred to paper or has been even further etherialized on a microfilm or a tape recorder. 1990 Comments on Etymol. 19 vi. 11 One line on my photocopy of the microfilm is blurred here. 2000 Econ. Affairs 20 (reverse rear cover) The journal is available on microfilm (16mm or 35mm) or 105mm microfiche from the Serials Acquisitions Department. Compounds microfilm reader n. an enlarging device with a built-in screen on to which a readable image is projected from microfilm. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microfilm viewer > microfilm or microform reader reading machine1922 microfilm reader1936 reader1936 microreader1949 1936 V. Tate in Microphotogr. for Libr. (Amer. Libr. Assoc.) 20 Two recent outstanding developments are the Draeger ‘microfilm reader’ and..Optigraph and Teledex reading machines. 1950 Amer. Documentation 1 139/2 (caption) Griscombe portable microfilm reader. 1962 A. Günther Microphotogr. in Libr. (Unesco) 8 A system whereby..positive microfilm strips copied from the negative master are kept near the microfilm reader offers the best advantages. 1994 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 81 10 They..do oral history interviews, take photographs, learn to use microfilm readers to examine old newspapers. microfilm viewer n. a small, portable microfilm reader. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microfilm viewer microfilm viewer1936 1936 Science 1 May 403/2 Microfilm viewer—a small monocular optical device for reading 35 mm microfilms a line at a time, suitable for inspecting film or for use while travelling. 1952 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 23 244 It is..obvious that more satisfactory microfilm viewers will have to be made available to scholars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). microfilmv. transitive. To reproduce on microfilm. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > copying equipment > microcopy microcopy1935 microfilm1937 microcard1944 1937 V. Tate in Microphotogr. for Libr. 1937 (Amer. Libr. Assoc.) 31 These cards are now being microfilmed on six machines at the rate of approximately sixty thousand per day. 1940 Notes & Queries 12 Oct. 253/2 Steps are being taken to have parish registers microfilmed. 1955 H. van Thal Fanfare for E. Newman v. 63 The Germans, who have always held Bizet in high respect,..micro-filmed the manuscript. 1973 F. De Felitta Oktoberfest (1974) xiv. 164 There are a number of sources of wartime documentation which Yad Vashem has not yet microfilmed. 1992 Eng. Today Jan. 43/1 A major cooperative project to microfilm the important newspapers in all fifty states. Derivatives ˈmicrofilmed adj. ΚΠ 1940 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 6 571 Microfilmed copies of important letters of John Randolph of Roanoke. 1991 Pract. Photogr. Jan. 81/3 (advt.) It even becomes a microreader with Micropage—tiny microfilmed databases on natural history subjects for use in the field. ˈmicrofilming n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > act of copying in reduced form microcopying1935 microfilming1936 microprinting1955 microdotting1961 1936 Amer. Hist. Rev. 41 456 At the conference of the historical societies..Vernon D. Tate explained ‘Micro-Filming as an Aid to Research’. 1955 Times 28 July 9/4 It is intended to continue the microfilming..as and when funds permit. 1992 Eng. Today Jan. 44/1 The Commission's first mandate..comprised..microfilming of materials embrittled beyond repair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1932v.1936 |
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