microdot
noun
mi·cro·dot
ˈmī-krə-ˌdät 
-krō-
: a photographic reproduction of printed matter reduced to the size of a dot for ease or security of transmittal
Examples of microdot in a Sentence
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At the end of February, Monzo had 71.2 million pounds ($90.2 million) of customer deposits, a microdot next to Lloyds’s 400 billion pound balance sheet.
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Washington Post, 26 June 2019
Reality Winner, the intelligence contractor who leaked to The Intercept and was quickly caught in June 2017 thanks to microdot printing, was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Thursday.
—Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2018
Computer security experts say there's also a visible trail on everything printed nowadays, that color printers leave microdots.
—CBS News, 7 June 2017
Washington Post, 26 June 2019
Reality Winner, the intelligence contractor who leaked to The Intercept and was quickly caught in June 2017 thanks to microdot printing, was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Thursday.
—Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2018
Computer security experts say there's also a visible trail on everything printed nowadays, that color printers leave microdots.
—CBS News, 7 June 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1946, in the meaning defined above
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“Microdot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microdot. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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