miniature
Speech parts
1. miniature - Noun
2. miniature - Adjective
3. miniature - Verb
5. miniature - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy.
To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.
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Examples
You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.
One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.
Thinking is an experimental dealing with small quantities of energy, just as a general moves miniature figures over a map before setting his troops in action.
The true Poet is all-knowing; he is an actual world in miniature.
When kids hit 1 year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.
The first of the "request" prayers in the daily Amidah is a fractal. It replicates in miniature the structure of the Amidah as a whole.