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fiche

  [feesh]
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–noun
microfiche.
Origin:
by shortening

mi⋅cro⋅fiche

  [mahy-kruh-feesh] noun, plural -fiche, -fich⋅es, verb, -fiched, -fi⋅ching.
–noun
1. a flat sheet of microfilm in a form suitable for filing, typically measuring 4 by 6 in. (10 by 15 cm) and containing microreproductions, as of printed or graphic matter, in a grid pattern.
–verb (used with object)
2. to enter or record on a microfiche: The correspondence was microfiched for easy storage.
Also called fiche, film card.

Origin:
1945–50; micro- + F fiche small card
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fiche   (fēsh)   
n.  A microfiche.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

fiche 
1949, from Fr. fiche "slip of paper, form," from O.Fr. fiche "point," from ficher "to fix, fasten," from V.L. *figicare, from L. figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix). Sense of "card, strip of film" is a shortening of microfiche (1950).

microfiche 
1950, from micro- + Fr. fiche "slip of paper."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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