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The reporter wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times, a testimony to his being alive on that day and all the tomorrows of microfilm.
Gay Talese

Meaning of "microfilm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROFILM

microfilm  [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɪlm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROFILM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Microfilm is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb microfilm in English.

WHAT DOES MICROFILM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

microfilm

Microform

Microforms are any forms, either films or paper, containing microreproductions of documents for transmission, storage, reading, and printing. Microform images are commonly reduced to about one twenty-fifth of the original document size. For special purposes, greater optical reductions may be used. All microform images may be provided as positives or negatives, more often the latter. Three formats are common: microfilm, aperture cards and microfiche. Microcards, a format no longer produced, were similar to microfiche, but printed on cardboard rather than photographic film.

Definition of microfilm in the English dictionary

The definition of microfilm in the dictionary is a strip of film of standard width on which books, newspapers, documents, etc, can be recorded in miniaturized form. Other definition of microfilm is to photograph on microfilm.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MICROFILM

PRESENT

Present
I microfilm
you microfilm
he/she/it microfilms
we microfilm
you microfilm
they microfilm
Present continuous
I am microfilming
you are microfilming
he/she/it is microfilming
we are microfilming
you are microfilming
they are microfilming
Present perfect
I have microfilmed
you have microfilmed
he/she/it has microfilmed
we have microfilmed
you have microfilmed
they have microfilmed
Present perfect continuous
I have been microfilming
you have been microfilming
he/she/it has been microfilming
we have been microfilming
you have been microfilming
they have been microfilming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I microfilmed
you microfilmed
he/she/it microfilmed
we microfilmed
you microfilmed
they microfilmed
Past continuous
I was microfilming
you were microfilming
he/she/it was microfilming
we were microfilming
you were microfilming
they were microfilming
Past perfect
I had microfilmed
you had microfilmed
he/she/it had microfilmed
we had microfilmed
you had microfilmed
they had microfilmed
Past perfect continuous
I had been microfilming
you had been microfilming
he/she/it had been microfilming
we had been microfilming
you had been microfilming
they had been microfilming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will microfilm
you will microfilm
he/she/it will microfilm
we will microfilm
you will microfilm
they will microfilm
Future continuous
I will be microfilming
you will be microfilming
he/she/it will be microfilming
we will be microfilming
you will be microfilming
they will be microfilming
Future perfect
I will have microfilmed
you will have microfilmed
he/she/it will have microfilmed
we will have microfilmed
you will have microfilmed
they will have microfilmed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been microfilming
you will have been microfilming
he/she/it will have been microfilming
we will have been microfilming
you will have been microfilming
they will have been microfilming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would microfilm
you would microfilm
he/she/it would microfilm
we would microfilm
you would microfilm
they would microfilm
Conditional continuous
I would be microfilming
you would be microfilming
he/she/it would be microfilming
we would be microfilming
you would be microfilming
they would be microfilming
Conditional perfect
I would have microfilm
you would have microfilm
he/she/it would have microfilm
we would have microfilm
you would have microfilm
they would have microfilm
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been microfilming
you would have been microfilming
he/she/it would have been microfilming
we would have been microfilming
you would have been microfilming
they would have been microfilming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you microfilm
we let´s microfilm
you microfilm
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to microfilm
Past participle
microfilmed
Present Participle
microfilming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROFILM


biofilm
ˈbaɪəʊˌfɪlm
clingfilm
ˈklɪŋˌfɪlm
film
fɪlm
pliofilm
ˈplaɪəʊˌfɪlm
refilm
riːˈfɪlm
telefilm
ˈtelɪfɪlm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROFILM

microfiber
microfibre
microfibril
microfibrillar
microfiche
microfiche reader
microfilament
microfilaria
microfilariae
microfilarial
microfiling
microfilm plotter
microfilm reader
microfilmable
microfilmer
microfilter
microfloppy
microflora
microflorae
microfloral

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROFILM

action film
cine film
colour film
cooking film
cult film
documentary film
feature film
feature-length film
horror film
movie film
news film
reversal film
roll film
safety film
slasher film
snuff film
television film
test film
thin-film
travel film

Synonyms and antonyms of microfilm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microfilm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROFILM

Find out the translation of microfilm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of microfilm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microfilm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缩微胶片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microfilm
570 millions of speakers

English

microfilm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माइक्रोफिल्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميكروفيلم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

микрофильм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microfilme
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষুদ্রাকারে ছবি তুলিবার ফিল্মবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microfilm
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mikrofilem
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mikrofilm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイクロフィルム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마이크로 필름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mikrofilm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மைக்ரோஃபில்ம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोफिल्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mikrofilm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microfilm
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mikrofilmu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мікрофільм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microfilm
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροφίλμ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mikrofilm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mikrofilm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mikrofilm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microfilm

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROFILM»

The term «microfilm» is very widely used and occupies the 18.024 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROFILM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «microfilm» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «microfilm» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about microfilm

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «MICROFILM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word microfilm.
1
Hannah Kent
I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories.
2
Said Sayrafiezadeh
While writing my memoir, 'When Skateboards Will Be Free,' I would sometimes have to pore over hours of microfilm at the New York Public Library in order to try to get one obscure detail right. For instance, was the Socialist Workers Party originally called the American Workers Party or the Workers Party of the United States?
3
Gay Talese
The reporter wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times, a testimony to his being alive on that day and all the tomorrows of microfilm.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROFILM»

Discover the use of microfilm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microfilm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
ABA Journal
Convenient and durable, microfilm is widely used for record storing. Yet, the admissibility of microfilm copies as evidence is often open to question. The Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act and a ...
2
Race, Jobs, and the War: The FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-46
Letter, Leslie to Walter White, 4 May 1943, NAACP microfilm, 13-B-22; memo, Rensis Likert to R. Keith Kane, 14 April 1942, FDR Papers, OF 4245 G, box 5; FEPC press release, 19 April 1944, FEPC microfilm, reel 68; New York Post, 16 May ...
Andrew Edmund Kersten, 2000
3
Nevada Guide to Genealogical Records
Microfilm- 082 1 647 Cluff, Daisy M - Couchis, Katherine K Microfilm- 0821648 Couchman, Arthur - Cushing. Ethel M Microfilm- 0821649 Cushing, Eva G - Davis , Ann Lois Microfilm- 0821650 Davis, Ann Louisa - Dickamore, William Microfilm-  ...
Diane E. Greene, 1998
4
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1976: July-December
Thomas Dustan Marshall; 15Jul76; A767785. A767786. The Influence of the personal element on language, form, and theme in the poetry of James Dickey and Galway Kinnell. By Michael William Meeker. Microfilm. O Michael William Meeker; ...
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1977
5
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Microfilm services (Continued) NT Photocopying services Microfilm viewers USE Microfilm readers Microfilming USE Microphotography Microfilms UF BT RT NT Films Microforms Micrographics Photography-Films Microfiches Atlases on ...
Library of Congress, 1995
6
Virginia City and Lewiston Wagon Road: Microfilm Records ...
Steve F. Russell. There is not a doubt sir but that there has been foul play in expending said appropriation. For proof I will give you the names of several witnesses, residents of this place viz John F. Woods - Simon C. Elliott - Asa Thompson ...
Steve F. Russell
7
The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science
mnemotecnia con letras microfílm(e). Microfilm. microfílm(e) codificado en binario . Bi nary coded microfilm. microfilm(e) de entrada de ordenador. Computer-input microfilm (CIM). microfilm(e) de inserción. Film inserí. microfilm(e) de la primera ...
Heartsill Young, Terry Belanger, 1983
8
JSTOR: A History
Scanning from Microfilm The fundamental production decision was how to digitize the journals' page images. Beyond this, everything else was corollary. Although the TULIP project had scanned from paper, we saw in chapter 2 that, for a ...
Roger C. Schonfeld, 2003
9
The Canoe in Canadian Cultures
Burns (a), H.B.C. Archives, D.5/40 fo.341, Microfilm 3M1o8. 104. Burns (a), H.B.C. Archives, D.5/22 fo.618, Microfilm 3M82. 105. Burns (a), H.B.C. Archives, D.5/22 fo.691, Microfilm 3M82. 106. Burns (a), H.B.C. Archives, D.5/23 fo.84, Microfilm ...
Bruce W. Hodgins, John Jennings, Doreen Small, 2001
10
Maritime Rights Movement/Univ Microfilm: A Study in Canadian ...
A Study in Canadian Regionalism Ernest R. Forbes. CHAPTER THREE Fora brief period in 1919 and 1920 the spectacular protests of farmer and labouring groups obscured the growth of regional consciousness in the Maritimes. Allied with ...
Ernest R. Forbes, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROFILM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microfilm is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Taking a trip to the past down microfilm way
Greetings Anton neighbors near and far. Neatest quote from vacation news comes from Debbie Boe Short who while visiting her sister said ... «The Messenger, Jul 15»
2
Ant-Man Originally Had A Completely Different Opening Scene
He was retrieving some microfilm from this, originally Cuban general and then it because a Panamanian general… It really was designed in ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
3
Fairbanks police launch cold case initiative
Plans to extend the database further back in time are in the works, but the process is slow because those records are on paper or microfilm, and ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
4
Savannah seeks national honor for fallen officer
The articles are on file on microfilm at the Hardin County Library. More than seven decades later, Savannah Police Chief Gary Will Jr. said the ... «WBBJ-TV, Jul 15»
5
Do you know where this is?
If you would like to view our newspapers they are available on microfilm at The History Centre which is based in Bolton Museum. Their email ... «The Bolton News, Jul 15»
6
Sewing their 'Oates'in Hopkins County
Thanks to our never-sit-down president, Donna Slaton, we now have a microfilm reader at the museum. You can now access years of "The ... «The Messenger, Jul 15»
7
Saxon women mark 100 years of monthly meetings
I looked up the July 15, 1915, Star Courier on microfilm at the Kewanee Public Library and found the account of the group's first meeting, which ... «Kewanee Star Courier, Jul 15»
8
BINGO for books and so much more
For those more into the old than the new, "you can look at local issues of the Sault Star on microfilm that date back to 1901," Graham-Thompson ... «Sault Star, Jul 15»
9
MDJ Time Capsule: The Week of July 23
... more about the stories that were presented in this week's column, you can search the newspaper's digitized microfilm archives online. «Marietta Daily Journal, Jul 15»
10
ST Imaging Sues e-ImageData for False Advertising
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ST Imaging (ST) (www.stimaging.com), a technology provider of digital microfilm and book scanning ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Microfilm [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/microfilm>. Apr 2024 ».
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