Definition
microimages
noun
- Plural of microimage; very small photographic or digital images, typically produced by microfilming or microscopy techniques.
Usage: technical; often used in archival, library, and scientific contexts
Examples
- The library stores historical documents as microimages on microfilm to preserve them.
- Researchers examined microimages of tissue samples under the microscope.
- The archive digitized thousands of microimages from old newspapers.
- Microimages allow institutions to store large collections in minimal physical space.
- Scientists used microimages to document the structure of the crystal.