First Known Use: 1943
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microfiche
noun mi·cro·fiche \ˈmī-krō-ˌfēsh, -ˌfish\
: a sheet of film that has very small photographs of the pages of a newspaper, magazine, etc., which are viewed by using a special machine : a sheet of microfilm
plural mi·cro·fiche or mi·cro·fiches\-ˌfē-shəz, -ˌfēsh, -ˌfi-shəz, -ˌfish\
Full Definition of MICROFICHE
: a sheet of microfilm containing rows of images of printed pages
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Origin of MICROFICHE
French, from micr- micr- + fiche peg, marker in a game, index card, slip, from ficher to stick in — more at fichu
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