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Record 1 1986-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Micrographics
DEF

a measure of the number of times an imaginary document would have been reduced to equal the size of the Computer-output microfilmer generated microimage, expressed as 1:24, 1:30, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Micrographie
DEF

calcul du nombre de fois qu'il aurait fallu réduire un document imaginaire afin que ce dernier ait les mêmes dimensions qu'une micro-image produite par une imprimante de microformes. Cette mesure s'exprime de la façon suivante : 1/24, 1/30, etc.

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