Definition: 1. Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts). 2. Copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size. 3. Being on a very small scale.
Use 'miniature' in a sentence:
1. They have a lot of miniature portraits of children as part of their permanent collection.
2. Games are real life in miniature.
3. The child was playing with his miniature train.
4. I gave him an abridgment of this whole history, I gave him a picture of my conduct for fifty years in miniature.
5. To show Dorothy's house falling from the sky, a miniature house was dropped onto a sky painted on the stage floor.
6. An Investigation on the Quality Improvement of Miniature Bearing's Surface.
7. Experimental Study on Heat Transfer Performance of Miniature Space Thermosiphon Pipe.
8. Miniature Yorkshire puddings with a morsel of beef and horseradish make a great canapé.
9. The development of miniature sensor for respiratory pressure and its application.
10. Design and Realization of Distributed Control System in Miniature Thermal Electricity Unit.
11. Advances in computers and biophysics have started a micro miniature revolution that allows scientists to envision and in some cases actually build microscopic machines.
12. So the guy opens his bag and produces a miniature piano.
13. I think you'll learn a lot about how people viewed children at the time the miniature paintings were done.
14. This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could be used only for life-size sculptures.
15. Then that the maintenance phase is truly a miniature development cycle is emphasized.
16. During these procedures—operations that are done through small cuts in the body in which a miniature camera and surgical tools are maneuvered—surgeons are wearing 3D glasses for a better view.
17. This is a miniature of that painting.
18. Other breeds on the rise over the past decade are the Miniature Bull Terrier.
19. I have a detailed miniature of the titanic.
20. The attributes chosen to be included in a particular miniature was often meant to communicate parents' hopes and dreams for their child.
21. The doll's house had miniature tables and chairs.
22. If it can be done full-size, I can do it in miniature.
23. This paper introduce a special temperature control system of miniature solid state green laser.
24. Miniature and Economical Temperature Measurement and Control System.
25. His home in Bexley is tucked away in a miniature forest.
26. Developing more powerful miniature batteries has proved hard.
27. Latte art, also sometimes described as cappuccino art, is a pattern or miniature sculpture produced within the froth that tops off milky coffee drinks such as cappuccino or latte.
28. He's giving a party in miniature on his birthday.
30. As soon as I walked in the restaurant, I saw him sitting by himself at a table, twirling an unlit cigarette through his fingers like a miniature baton.
31. A RACING track hums as miniature cars hurtle round it.
32. The art of portrait miniatures was originated in England.
33. Design and development of miniature vehicle supervision system based on 3G.
34. Although simple versions of miniature devices have had an impact, advanced versions are still several years away.
35. Miniature and Fast Speed Infrared Thermal Imager and Image Processing System.
36. This article deals with the design of miniature trailing ridger mulcher.
37. Hurried child syndrome1 refers to a condition in which parents overschedule their children's lives, push them hard for academic success, and expect them to behave and react as miniature adults.
38. At the Cincinnati northern Kentucky international airport, miniature horses deliver a calming force two times a month.
39. We did not have our own miniature high heels.
40. Paris is France in miniature.
41. Photography did indeed make certain kinds of painting obsolete — the daguerreotype virtually did away with the portrait miniature.
42. Some futurists envision nanotechnology also being used to explore the deep sea in small submarine, or even to launch finger-sized rockets packed with micro miniature instruments.
43. Ecuador provides a perfect introduction to South America; it's a continent in miniature.
44. He activated the door with the miniature sonic transmitter.
45. Must we face the thought that at some time in the distant future everyone will need to carry in their handbag or pocket one of the miniature calculators?
46. Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives.
47. He showed me the miniature of the mansion.
48. He looked like a miniature version of his handsome and elegant big brother.
49. The discovery in China of what amounts to a miniature prototype of Tyrannosaurus rex calls into question theories about the dinosaur's evolution.
50. Just like drones before them, miniature satellites are beginning to fundamentally transform our conceptions of who gets to do what up above our heads.
51. It looks like a miniature version of James Bond's car.
52. The computer cooling system is like a miniature version of a car radiator.
53. Rosehill Farm has been selling miniature roses since 1979.
54. Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.
