microprint

mi·cro·print

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [mahy-kruh-print]
- /ˈmaɪ krəˌprɪnt/
- /ˈmaɪkrəʊprɪnt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mahy-kruh-print]
- /ˈmaɪ krəˌprɪnt/

Definitions of microprint word

noun microprint a microphotograph reproduced in print for reading by a magnifying device. 1
noun microprint Printed text reduced by microphotography. 1
noun microprint a microphotograph reproduced on paper and read by a magnifying device. It is used in order to reduce the size of large books, etc 0
noun microprint a microphotograph of printed or written matter to be read by means of a magnifying projector or viewer 0

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Origin of microprint

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35; micro- + print

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Parts of speech for Microprint

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Microprint

microprint popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

microprint usage trend in Literature

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