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Definition of Miniature
1. Adjective. Being on a very small scale. "A miniature camera"
2. Noun. Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts).
Generic synonyms: Painting, Picture
Category relationships: Dark Ages, Middle Ages
Derivative terms: Illuminate, Miniaturist
3. Noun. A copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size.
Definition of Miniature
1. n. Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediæval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
2. a. Being on a small scale; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.
3. v. t. To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.
Definition of Miniature
1. Noun. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale. ¹
2. Noun. A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature. ¹
3. Noun. The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works. ¹
4. Noun. An illustration in an illuminated manuscript. ¹
5. Noun. A musical composition which is short in duration. ¹
6. Noun. (context: gaming) A token in a game representing a unit or character. ¹
7. Adjective. Smaller than normal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miniature
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miniature
Literary usage of Miniature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap, Frank William Bayley, Charles Eliot Goodspeed (1918)
"The early history of miniature painting is extremely obscure, ... A consecutive
notice of the practitioners of miniature painting would be more than our ..."
2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1889)
"February a miniature of Capt Harcup of the Engineers begun last month a miniature
of Mr Montresor of the 48th begun last month a miniature of Mr Mason ..."
3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1889)
"February a miniature of Capt Harcup of the Engineers begun last month a miniature
of Mr Montresor of the 48th begun last month a miniature of Mr Mason ..."
4. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"It is from a miniature enamelled on copper by Henry Bone, KA, an artist preeminent
for skill in such work. Bone appears to have followed an original crayon ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Entering the ijth century, we reach the period when the miniature may be ...
And so with the miniature. Figures were small, with delicate strokes in the ..."
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