microprinting

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noun

Microprint.

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Meanings

nounmicroprinting (uncountable)
  1. uncountableMicroprint.

    Legitimate Indian passports feature a line in microprinting that reads "Indian Passport Control" across the photo page.

    2009 February 3, Rick Westhead, “Dozens dupe Indian airline, enter Canada”, in Toronto Star
  2. uncountableThe generation of microprint.

    Microprinting of hydrophobic gold surfaces with carboxy terminated thiols generates hydrophilic domains.

    1998, Daniel Jed Harrison, Albert Van Den Berg, Micro Total Analysis Systems '98

Origin

From micro- + printing.

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Translations

Portuguese microimpressão
  • microimpressãothe generation of microprint
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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