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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Miniature  \Min"i*a*ture\  (?;  277),  n.  [It.  miniatura,  fr  L. 
  miniare.  See  {Miniate},  v.,{Minium}.] 
  1.  Originally,  a  painting  in  colors  such  as  those  in 
  medi[ae]val  manuscripts;  in  modern  times,  any  very  small 
  painting,  especially  a  portrait. 
 
  2.  Greatly  diminished  size  or  form  reduced  scale. 
 
  3.  Lettering  in  red;  rubric  distinction.  [Obs.] 
 
  4.  A  particular  feature  or  trait.  [Obs.]  --Massinger. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Miniature  \Min"i*a*ture\,  a. 
  Being  on  a  small  much  reduced  from  the  reality;  as  a 
  miniature  copy. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Miniature  \Min"i*a*ture\,  v.  t. 
  To  represent  or  depict  in  a  small  compass,  or  on  a  small 
  scale. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  miniature 
  adj  :  being  on  a  very  small  scale;  "a  miniature  camera" 
  n  1:  a  painting  or  drawing  included  in  a  book  (especially  in 
  illuminated  medieval  manuscripts)  [syn:  {illumination}] 
  2:  a  copy  that  reproduces  something  in  greatly  reduced  size 
  [syn:  {toy}] 




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