microfiche

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UK/ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌfiːʃ/US/ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌfiːʃ/

noun

A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.

OriginFrench microfiche →
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Meanings

nounmicrofiche (plural microfiches)

plural microfiches

  1. A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
  2. A device used to magnify and read these sheets.
verbmicrofiche (third-person singular simple present microfiches, present participle microfiching, simple past and past participle microfiched)

present singular third person microfiches · participle present microfiching · participle past microfiched · past microfiched

  1. transitiveTo convert (documents) to microfiche format.

Origin

  1. Frenchmicro-
  2. Frenchfiche
  3. Frenchmicrofiche
  4. Englishmicrofiche

Borrowed from French microfiche.

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Translations

Czech mikrofiš
  • mikrofišsheet of microfilm
Dutch microfiche
  • microfichesheet of microfilm
Finnish filmikortti, mikrofilmien lukulaite
  • filmikorttisheet of microfilm
  • mikrofilmien lukulaitedevice
German Mikrofiche, Mikrofiche-Lesegerät
  • Mikrofichesheet of microfilm
  • Mikrofiche-Lesegerätdevice
Indonesian mikrofis
  • mikrofissheet of microfilm
Polish mikrofisza, mikrofisza
  • mikrofiszasheet of microfilm
  • mikrofiszadevice
Cite this entry
APA

microfiche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfiche

MLA

“microfiche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfiche. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microfiche,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfiche.

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