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Meanings of miniature in English

Portuguese
iluminura

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

        iluminura
        Portuguese
        miniatura
        Catalan
        miniatura

        A copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size.

              miniatura

              Type of short musical composition.

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                      Miniature.

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                              Usage of miniature in English
                              1
                              This term was again the term; school still the world in miniature.
                              The Longest Journey
                              2
                              For the same reason it contains practically all social relations in miniature.
                              Sociology and Modern Social Problems
                              3
                              Grenades in the Halo: Reach beta are miniature weapons of mass destruction.
                              Wired
                              4
                              So far, only one of the miniature water worlds has been sold.
                              Wired
                              5
                              Early the following morn the pocketbook was restored; everything save the miniature.
                              The Rector of St. Mark's
                              6
                              It's really a very simple concept: brick and mortar, in miniature size.
                              Wired
                              7
                              He destined this miniature for the Emperor of China or the Sultan.
                              Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 7
                              8
                              Infinity may be, in some manner, presented in miniature in finite natures.
                              Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
                              9
                              She painted numerous portraits in miniature and a large number in oils.
                              Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twe...
                              10
                              Others sell dusty bottles of North Korean alcohol and miniature combat uniforms.
                              Reuters
                              11
                              This difference in volume causes Mars to be an earth in miniature.
                              Astronomy for Amateurs
                              12
                              Many a spiritual history is condensed into a miniature in the following:
                              Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the...
                              13
                              A human being in miniature was coming up out of the iris
                              The Adventures of Maya the Bee
                              14
                              He hid the letter in his doublet and drew forth a miniature.
                              The Grey Cloak
                              15
                              I placed the miniature on the table, and returned to the chest.
                              Field and Forest; Or, The Fortunes of a Farmer
                              16
                              The following lines of Horace, may be deemed his picture in miniature:
                              Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 / The Work...
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