"microcopy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microcopies [plural]
Etymology: micro- + copy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|copy}} micro- + copy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} microcopy (countable and uncountable, plural microcopies)
  1. (countable) A photocopy that is greatly reduced in size. Tags: countable Translations (type of photocopy): mikrojäljenne (Finnish), mikrokopio (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-microcopy-en-noun-Q8gcpqWq Disambiguation of 'type of photocopy': 81 19
  2. (uncountable, marketing) Very short copy. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Marketing
    Sense id: en-microcopy-en-noun-9DlwHxJ4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 79 14 Topics: business, marketing

Verb

Forms: microcopies [present, singular, third-person], microcopying [participle, present], microcopied [participle, past], microcopied [past]
Etymology: micro- + copy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|copy}} micro- + copy Head templates: {{en-verb}} microcopy (third-person singular simple present microcopies, present participle microcopying, simple past and past participle microcopied)
  1. (transitive) To copy (a document) at a greatly reduced size. Tags: transitive Translations (to copy at a greatly reduced size): mikrokopioida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-microcopy-en-verb-KutCCO1S Categories (other): English terms prefixed with micro- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 28 29 42

Inflected forms

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