Look up: miniature

1. Miniature
   [The Twilight Zone] "Miniature" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. ==Plot== Charley Parkes thinks he sees a figure in a museum dollhouse that comes alive. Charley returns to the museum numerous times and gazes into the dollhouse. He keeps coming back...
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2. Miniature
   Postcards done as a novelty during the Golden Age. They were about 1/2 the size of the standard 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch postcards. They have stamp boxes and are often postally used. The most desirable are those by the Scandinavian artists or publisher John Winsch
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3. Miniature
   Used in this context to denote books below 2ins (or 5cm) high.
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4. miniature
   [adj] - being on a very small scale 2. [n] - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) 3. [n] - copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size
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5. Miniature
   A picture painted by hand in an illuminated manuscript. A small painting or portrait that can be held in the hand or worn as jewellery.
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6. Miniature
   A miniature is a small painting, usually a portrait. Miniatures range from about three centimetres in height to as much as twenty-five centimetres and are painted in watercolour or gouache on vellum, enamel, ivory or, often, a playing card. In the West miniature painting emerged at the time of the R...
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7. miniature
   the smallest screw-in type lampholder accepting incandescent lamp bulbs of approximately 3/8' diameter commonly used in games,flashlights and the smallest Christmas tree bulbs Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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8. Miniature
   Min'i·a·ture noun [ Italian miniatura , from Latin miniare . See Miniate , v. , Minium .] 1. Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediæval manuscripts; in modern times, any very...
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9. Miniature
   Min'i·a·ture adjective Being on a small scale; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.
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10. Miniature
    Min'i·a·ture transitive verb To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.
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11. miniature
    adjective being on a very small scale; `a miniature camera`
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12. miniature
    noun painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
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13. Miniature
    • (v.) Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale. • (v. t.) To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale. • (v.) Lettering in red; rubric distinction. • (a.) Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy. • (v.) Originally, a pa...
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14. Miniature
    [illuminated manuscript] The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple decoration of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment. The generally small scale of the medieval pict...
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15. Miniature
    [band] Miniature was a cooperative jazz trio. Saxophone player Tim Berne, cellist Hank Roberts and drummer Joey Baron all composed songs for the group. ==Discography== ...
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16. Miniature
    A small scale replicated model of a person, place or thing that is used for special effects. Later the image is blown-up to a relative life-size image and added in a compositing process to live images (unless of course the entire film is animated). To accomplish the photography of miniatures, howeve...
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17. Miniature
    a small model representing a person, persons, a vehicle, or other pawn or actor to be manipulated during the combat simulation portion of the game. Sometimes these can be very elaborate (highly detailed metal sculptures, hand painted). Strictly speaking, only those that are three-dimensional represe...
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