microfiche

noun

mi·​cro·​fiche ˈmī-krō-ˌfēsh How to pronounce microfiche (audio)
-ˌfish
plural microfiche or microfiches ˈmī-krō-ˌfē-shəz How to pronounce microfiche (audio)
-ˌfēsh, 
-ˌfi-shəz, 
-ˌfish
: a sheet of microfilm containing rows of images of printed pages

Examples of microfiche in a Sentence

Every issue of the magazine is available on microfiche. He looked at microfiches of old magazines.
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Projects that would have taken weeks or months of microfiche searching now can be done from my computer at home. — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 May 2022 Joyce hit the microfiches at the local library and filled herself in on the broad outline of the story. — Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023 One of the famous cases involving the third-party doctrine involves microfiche in a bank. — ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026 Dad’s disclosure led Alden to dive into the microfiche and find a decades-old newspaper article about the deadly crash. — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for microfiche

Word History

Etymology

French, from micr- micr- + fiche peg, marker in a game, index card, slip, from ficher to stick in — more at fichu

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of microfiche was in 1943

Rhymes for microfiche

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“Microfiche.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microfiche. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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microfiche

noun
mi·​cro·​fiche ˈmī-krō-ˌfēsh How to pronounce microfiche (audio)
-ˌfish
: a sheet of microfilm containing rows of images usually of printed pages

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