noun
microfiche
MY-kroh-feesh/ˈmaɪkrəʊfiːʃ/
A flat sheet of film holding tiny images of documents.
The microfiche holds a grid of tiny document images.
Etymology
The “small” element combines with fiche, a card or slip, to name a sheet of film holding miniature images of document pages. The card-like sheet stores the reduced pages together.
In context
microfiche that are flat and have many images on them like other film based formats they were produced on different bases
More examples
- She inserted a microfiche into the reader.
- Each microfiche held dozens of tiny page images.
- The librarian located the correct microfiche sheet.
Forms
microfiche · microfiches
Similar words
- microfilm
- Microfilm often comes on reels; microfiche holds reduced images on a flat sheet.
- film
- Film is general; microfiche is a specific document-storage format.