microcopy

[ mahy-kruh-kop-ee ]
/ ˈmaɪ krəˌkɒp i /

noun, plural mi·cro·cop·ies.

a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.

Origin of microcopy

First recorded in 1930–35; micro- + copy

Words nearby microcopy

microcolon, microcomponent, microcomputer, microcomputing, microconstituent, microcopy, microcoria, microcornea, microcosm, microcosmic salt, microcoustic

Example sentences from the Web for microcopy

  • Vall pressed a lever under his screen, and a rectangle of microcopy print popped out.

    Time Crime |H. Beam Piper

  • He put the microcopy in an enlarger, and carried the enlarged print with him to the conveyer room.

    Time Crime |H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for microcopy

microcopy
/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒpɪ) /

noun plural -copies

a greatly reduced photographic copy of a printed page, drawing, etc, on microfilm or microfiche Sometimes called: microphotograph