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单词 microdot
释义

microdot

[ mahy-kruh-dot ]
/ ˈmaɪ krəˌdɒt /

noun

a photograph reduced to the size of a printed period, used especially to transmit messages, photographs, drawings, etc.

verb (used with object), mi·cro·dot·ted, mi·cro·dot·ting.

to make a microdot of.

Origin of microdot

First recorded in 1945–50; micro- + dot1

Words nearby microdot

microdetector, microdissection, microdistillation, microdont, microdontia, microdot, microdrepanocytic anemia, microdrepanocytosis, microdrive, microearthquake, microecology
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Example sentences from the Web for microdot

  • Is the term "microdot printing" or lithographing familiar to you?

    Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • You personally have no familiarity with microdot reduction of some image?

    Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Is there any work done at Jaggars-Chile-Stovall with the use of microdot?

    Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • For example, taking a 24 by 24 printed sheet and microdot reducing it to less than the area of a postage stamp.

    Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for microdot

microdot
/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌdɒt) /

noun

a microcopy about the size of a pinhead, used esp in espionage
a tiny tablet containing LSD
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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