n. pl. microfiche or mi·cro·fich·es A card or sheet of microfilm capable of accommodating and preserving a considerable number of pages, as of printed text, in reduced form. [French : Greek mīkro-, micro- + French fiche, peg, slip of paper, index card (from Old French, peg, from fichier, to drive in, fasten, from Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre, from Latin fīgere; see dhīgw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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