noun
- a greatly reduced photographic reproduction of printed or other graphic matter, especially on microfilm or microfiche
Usage: library science; archival
Examples
- The library stores old newspapers on microform to save space.
- Researchers must use a special reader to view documents stored in microform.
- Many historical records have been preserved in microform format.
- The microform collection contains thousands of rare manuscripts.
- Students learned to navigate the microform reader in their research methods class.
- The archive converted its entire collection to microform in the 1980s.