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单词 microcard
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microcardn.

Brit. /ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)kɑːd/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌkɑrd/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: micro- comb. form, card n.2
Etymology: < micro- comb. form + card n.2
Chiefly Library Science.
An opaque card bearing microphotographs of a number of pages of a book, periodical, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > [noun] > copying apparatus > act of copying in reduced form > microcopy
microfilm1933
microprint1933
microcopy1934
microcard1944
microform1944
microdot1946
microfiche1950
micro-opaque1952
fiche1959
1944 F. Rider Scholar & Future of Res. Libr. ii. i. 99 Why might we not combine the micro-texts of our books, and the catalog cards for these same books, in one single entity?.. I called this new concept..a ‘micro-card’.
1958 Times Rev. Industry Mar. 61/1 For recording such material as technical periodicals or newspapers, the microcard system is often the better method.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) iii. 49 Today with microfilm and micro-cards..the printed word assumes again much of the handicraft character of a manuscript.
1988 Lit. & Ling. Computing 3 211/1 A complete index..giving the references of each word in the Pleiade edition (27 normalized microcards representing 7,000 pages) is included.
1992 William & Mary Q. 49 426 Remarks on a Late Protest (Philadelphia, 1764; repr. in Charles Evans's microcard series, The American Bibliography).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

microcardv.

Brit. /ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)kɑːd/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌkɑrd/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: microcard n.
Etymology: < microcard n.
Now rare.
transitive. To reproduce on a microcard or microcards.
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society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] > copying equipment > microcopy
microcopy1935
microfilm1937
microcard1944
1944 F. Rider Scholar & Future of Res. Libr. ii. vii. 189 What types of material, and..what titles..ought, therefore, to be micro-carded first.
c1960 Microcards (Microcard Foundation) Reports coming in from men in the field are collated and the completed reports are Microcarded.

Derivatives

ˈmicrocarded adj.
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society > communication > representation > [adjective] > of or relating to copying apparatus > microcopied
photomicroscopic1854
microcarded1955
1955 Mod. Lang. Notes 70 345 Excerpt from microcarded doctoral dissertation by Sister Mary Adorita Hart, B. V. M.
c1960 Microcards (Microcard Foundation) Literally shelves of Microcarded books and periodicals can be stored in one file cabinet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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