Look up: miniature

1. 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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2. Miniature
   Used in this context to denote books below 2ins (or 5cm) high.
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. Miniature
   Min'i·a·ture adjective Being on a small scale; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.
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9. Miniature
   Min'i·a·ture transitive verb To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.
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10. miniature
    adjective being on a very small scale; `a miniature camera`
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11. miniature
    noun painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
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12. 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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13. 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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14. Miniature
    (illuminated manuscript) , from the Vergilius Romanus, a manuscript of Virgil`s Aeneid, early 5th century. 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 hav...
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15. Miniature
    (The Twilight Zone) "`Miniature`" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Synopsis: 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. H...
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