Miniature

Definition: Miniature

Miniature

Adjective

1. Being on a very small scale; "a miniature camera".

Noun

1. Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts).

2. Copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "miniature" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Aerospace

Electrical Engineering

Fine Arts

Literature

Personal Care & Hotels

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Miniature

Artist

Historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician.

Littleness

Adjective: little; small; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable; (unimportant); exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative, portable; duodecimo; dumpy, squat; short.

Painting

Portrait; (representation); whole length, full length, half length; kitcat, head; miniature; shade, silhouette; profile.

Historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography.

Crosswords: Miniature

French (miniature, toy).

In them you'll find: one .45 caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days concentrated emergency raisons; one drug issue containing: antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair a nylon stockings (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George. Based on the novel 'Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom' by Peter George.)

Some people go miniature golfing with their parents (Alias; writing credit: Robert Soulé; Henri de Turenne)

Playing miniature golf (She Spies; writing credit: Ron Osborn; Josh Appelbaum)

Miniature (1950)

The Miniature Railway (1902)

Miniature Railway (1902)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Making Miniature Food and Market Stalls (reference)

• Making Miniature Gardens (reference)

• Symphonie Fantastique: (Episode in the Life of an Artist): Op. 14 (Dover Miniature Scores) (reference)

• The Miniature Horse: The Complete Guide to the Fascinating World of Miniatures (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Engineering In Miniature (reference)

• Miniature Book Society Newsletter (reference)

• Miniature Collector (reference)

• Miniature Gazette (reference)

• Miniature Horse World (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Miniature Jointed Teddy Bear (Master Miniaturists) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Aria/Ave Maria/Valse Miniature (reference)

• Reunion: A Musical Epic in Miniature (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Hidden Camera Solutions MWPC-200 Miniature Weatherproof Camera in Color (reference)

• Viking CS1700/8F 8 MB Miniature Flash Card for Cisco Products (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Trumeter 5605 Miniature Measure Wheel (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured is an experimental miniature pig. The experimental animal is being held in place by rubber-tube covered arms in a laboratory setting. Some cans are visible on shelves behind the animal. The miniature pig has an unusually thick placenta that prevents sow's immune system from influencing that of offspring. Raised in a sterile environment, such piglets are vital in providing clues as to how the immune system develops. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Supersonic Transport Model Miniature. Credit: NASA.

Miniature bell peppers change from purple to orange as they mature. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by John Stommel..

Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor) at Upper Table Rock trail. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Caption: Employees of the Edison Decorative and Miniature Lamp Dept., Harrison Lamp Works, Including W.H. Meadowcroft at Right, and Francis Upton at Left; Harrison, NJ; 1889; {10.120/35} (jpg).

Boyd's Miniature Galvanic Battery. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Joshua Brookes, Esqr. : Lecturer on Anatomy &c. &c. / Engraved by Overton from a Miniature by W. J. Newton, Esqr. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Engraving by J.B. Longacre, after a miniature portrait by Anna C. Peale. Credit: NAVY.

Retouched image, from a miniature portrait painted circa the 1830s or 1840s. Credit: NAVY.

After winning most of the chips in a "Peace Commission Game" with the Spanish Commission, Uncle Sam points a miniature battleship at a terrified Spain. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Europe has samples of Asia and Africa, in miniature.

Her Majesty used to put a bit of meat upon one of my dishes, out of which I carved for myself, and her diversion was to see me eat in miniature.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

This technique involves making several tiny cuts in the abdomen and inserting a miniature camera and surgical instruments. (references)

For this operation, the surgeon makes several tiny incisions in the abdomen and inserts surgical instruments and a miniature video camera into the abdomen. (references)

This system uses a miniature radiation machine and a robotic arm that moves around the patient's head while delivering small doses of radiation from hundreds of directions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "miniature": a miniature edition ♦ in miniature ♦ miniature camera ♦ miniature cap ♦ miniature detonating cord ♦ miniature fan palm ♦ miniature film ♦ miniature golf ♦ miniature lamp ♦ miniature pinscher ♦ miniature poodle ♦ miniature railway ♦ miniature schnauzer ♦ miniature submarine ♦ miniature view ♦ miniature wire ♦ portrait in miniature. Additional references.

Beginning with "miniature": miniature-like.

Albanian

model i vogël, miniaturë, miniatur. (various references)

Arabic 

‏منمنم, ‏مصغر (diminutive, reduced), ‏المنمنم, ‏المصغر, ‏النمنمة فن رسم المصغرات. (various references)

Bulgarian 

малогабаритен, миниатюрен (diminutive, elfin, lilliputian, pocket-size, thumb-nail, tiny), миниатюра. (various references)

Chinese 

微型 (tiny). (various references)

Czech

miniaturní (pickaninny, thumbnail, thumb-nail), miniatura, drobnomalba. (various references)

Danish

miniaturefatning, miniature genstand, mikrokopi (microcopy, microrecord). (various references)

Dutch

miniatuurvoorwerp, miniatuur, microkopie (microcopy, microrecord). (various references)

Farsi 

مینیاتور, نقاشی باتذهیب , کوچک (Bantam, Dinky, Little, Minuscule, Minute, Petty, Pocket, Puny, Runty, Short, Small, Teeny, Thumbnail, Weeny), کوتاه (Concise, Dumpy, Laconic, Little, Low, Punch, Short, Stocky, Stunt, Succinct, Transient). (various references)

Finnish

miniatyyri, mikrokuva (microcopy, microrecord), pienoismalli (scale model), pienoiskuva, pienoiskoko, pienois-. (various references)

French

miniature. (various references)

German

Miniatur (cameo, thumb-nail sketch). (various references)

Greek 

μικρογραφία (micrography, micro-photography). (various references)

Hebrew 

מיניאטורה, זוטה, זעירות (minuteness, smallness), זעיר אנפין. (various references)

Hungarian

miniatúra, miniatűr (lilliputian), kis méretű (of small dimensions, of small size). (various references)

Indonesian

miniatur, kecil (little, minute, small, tiny). (various references)

Italian

miniatura (illumination). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

細密画 , ミドル級 (10^-3, aerogramme, communications within a small range, middleweight class, Mila Sohon, militarism, militarist, military look, milli-, millibar, milligram, millimeter, million, million seller, millionaire, millisecond, mimic, mi-mollet, mimosa, mineral, mineral water, Minerva, minestrone, mini, mini component, mini computer, mini floppy disk, mini size, mini theater, miniature car, minibuffer, minicar, minicomputer, mini-computer, minicycle, mini-disk, minifacsimile, minim, minimalist program, minimum, minimum access, minion, minipill, mini-skirt, ministate, Minnesota, Minolta, minute steak, miracle, mirage, mirror, mirror ball, mirror site, monitor, Muenchen, Muller, Munich, museum, music, music tape, music therapy, musical, musical comedy, musical play, musical show, musician, mutant, mute, Myanmar). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ミニチュア , ミニアチュア , さいみつが. (various references)

Korean 

소형 (mini). (various references)

Pig Latin

iniaturemay.(various references)

Portuguese

miniatura. (various references)

Romanian

miniatural, miniaturã, înfaţişa în miniatura. (various references)

Russian 

миниатюрный (chip-sized, dime-size, midget, petite, pocket-size). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

minijaturan, minijatura. (various references)

Spanish

miniatura. (various references)

Swedish

miniatyr. (various references)

Turkish

minyatür yapmak, minyatür (cameo, pocket, vest pocket), küçücük (diminutive, fractional, inappreciable, lilliputian, small, smallish, tiny, very small), çok küçük (miserly, very little, very small). (various references)

Ukrainian

мініатюрний (dinky, minikin, pocket-size), мініатюра, зображувати в мініатюрі. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thu nhỏ lại, nhỏ (minute, off, small, tenuous, young), bức tiểu hoạ ngành tiểu hoạ mẫu vật rút nhỏ. (various references)

miniare, pusilla, pusillae, pusilli, pusillis, pusillo, pusillorum, pusillos, pusillum, pusillus. (various references)

miniatura. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "miniature": miniatures. (additional references)

Words ending with "miniature": microminiature, subminiature, ultraminiature. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Miniature" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Manifattura, megiture, minature, miniate, Miniato, miniatur, minitape, miniture, minniature, Minotauro, minotaurs, Minzatu, mynetere. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: minutiae, ruminate, urinemia.

-2 letters: airtime, inertia, interim, intimae, martini, minaret, mintier, minuter, minutia, muriate, natrium, raiment, ruinate, taurine, termini, unmiter, unmitre, uranite, urinate.

-3 letters: airmen, antrum, atrium, auntie, etamin, imaret, inmate, intima, intime, iterum, manitu, manure, marine, marten, martin, mature, minter, minuet, minute, mitier, murein, murine, mutine, nature, nutria, ratine, remain, remint, retain.

+1 letter: miniatures, ruminative.

+2 letters: antheridium, miniaturize.

+3 letters: miniaturized, miniaturizes, ruminatively, subminiature, unmoralities.

+4 letters: antirheumatic, antisubmarine, circumambient, enumerability, intermountain, mensurability, multiregional, multiterminal, restimulating, restimulation, rudimentarily, supermilitant, ultrafeminine, uninformative, vermiculation.

+5 letters: antirheumatics, circumnavigate, denumerability, immunoreactive, microminiature, mountaineering, restimulations, subnormalities, ultraminiature, unromanticized, vermiculations.