microfiche

[ mahy-kruh-feesh ]

noun

, plural mi·cro·fiche, mi·cro·fich·es.

1. a flat sheet of microfilm in a form suitable for filing, typically measuring 4 by 6 inches (10 by 15 centimeters) and containing microreproductions, as of printed or graphic matter, in a grid pattern.

verb (used with object)

, mi·cro·fiched, mi·cro·fi·ching.

1. to enter or record on a microfiche:

   The correspondence was microfiched for easy storage.

microfiche

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfiːʃ /

noun

1. a sheet of film, usually the size of a filing card, on which books, newspapers, documents, etc, can be recorded in miniaturized form Sometimes shortened tofiche See also ultrafiche

Word History and Origins

Origin of microfiche¹

First recorded in 1945–50; micro- + French fiche “small card”

Word History and Origins

Origin of microfiche¹

C20: from French, from micro- + fiche small card, from Old French fichier to fix

Example Sentences

Griggs used microfiche copies of The Facts newspaper to pin down The Gallery’s address and dates of operation.

From Seattle Times

Your grocery store would be entirely shrouded in microfiche.

From Washington Post

Decades of police records stored as microfiche were transcribed into three, hefty logbooks for detectives to painstakingly examine.

From BBC

Yet although she conducts ample historical research, combing through census records and newspaper microfiche, she isn’t comfortable conjuring the setting and conditions of Hudgins’s life.

From Washington Post

I eventually found an Orthodox Jewish ophthalmologist who shared his idea for a thriller where the microfiche was hidden in the Hasidic spy's eye.

From Salon

Related Words

• image
• model
• photocopy
• photograph
• portrait
• print
• replica
• reproduction
• transcript
• type