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MICROCOPYING [1 record]

Record 1 2007-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Reprography
  • Types of Documentation (Library Science)
DEF

A method of photographing original documents, drawings, etc. at a greatly reduced scale on film or paper.

OBS

micro-image: The image of a single microcopy.

Key term(s)
  • micro-copying
  • microimaging

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Reprographie
  • Documentation (Bibliothéconomie)
CONT

Microcopie. Ce procédé [...] permet d'obtenir des images très petites qu'on ne peut lire qu'à l'aide d'un «appareil de lecture» dans lequel chaque petite vue est visible sur écran parce qu'elle y a été projetée agrandie.

Spanish

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