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Pronunciation / Transliteration: maikurofisshu
"古い新聞がマイクロフィッシュで保存されています。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A flat piece of film containing miniaturized photographs of pages of a newspaper, report, or other documents, designed to be read with a magnifying device.
"The historical newspapers are preserved on microfiche for researchers to consult in the library basement." - 2
The medium of storing textual or graphical data in a reduced photographic format on transparent sheets.
"She spent hours scrolling through the microfiche machine to find the birth record from 1920."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the mid-20th century, the term combines the Greek-derived prefix 'micro-' meaning 'small' with the French word 'fiche', meaning 'slip of paper' or 'index card'. It emerged during the era of rapid information expansion and archival innovation when miniaturized photographic documents became standard for space-saving library storage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Microfiche" is said worldwide
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microfiche
Transliteration: mi.kʁo.fiʃ
"Les anciens journaux sont consultables sur microfiche."
Mikrofiche
Transliteration: ˈmiːkʁofiːʃ
"Die Dokumente wurden auf Mikrofiche gespeichert."
microscheda
Transliteration: mi.kroˈske.da
"I vecchi registri sono stati convertiti in microfiche."
microficha
Transliteration: mi.kɾoˈfi.tʃa
"El investigador revisó la microficha en busca de datos antiguos."
microficha
Transliteration: mi.kɾoˈfi.ʃɐ
"A biblioteca guarda os jornais antigos em microficha."
माइक्रofीश
Transliteration: maikrofīsh
Script: माइक्रोफ़ीश
"पुराने दस्तावेज़ माइक्रोफ़ीश पर सुरक्षित रखे गए हैं।"
微缩平片
Transliteration: wēi suō píng piàn
"图书馆保留了报纸的微缩平片档案。"
마이크로피시
Transliteration: maikeuropisi
"연구원은 마이크로피시를 통해 과거 자료를 열람했다."
マイクロフィッシュ
Transliteration: maikurofisshu
"古い新聞がマイクロフィッシュで保存されています。"
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