a sheet of film, usually the size of a filing card, that is similar to a microfiche but has a much larger number of microcopies
Word origin
C20: from ultra- + French fiche small card. See microfiche
ultrafiche in American English
(ˈultrəˌfiʃ)
noun
a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more
Word origin
[1965–70; ultra- + (micro)fiche]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, Finlandization, T cell, double-book, no-faultultra- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, with the basic meaning“on the far side of, beyond.” In relation to the base to which it is prefixed, ultra- has the senses “located beyond, on the far side of” (ultramontane; ultraviolet), “carrying to the furthest degree possible, on the fringe of” (ultraleft; ultramodern), “extremely” (ultralight); nouns to which it is added denote, in general, objects, properties, phenomena,etc., that surpass customary norms, or instruments designed to produce or deal withsuch things (ultramicroscope; ultrasound; ultrastructure)