miniature

Plural: miniatures

Noun

• painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
• a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
• Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
• A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
• A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
• The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
• An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
• A musical composition which is short in duration.
• A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
• A token in a game representing a unit or character.
• Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
• A particular feature or trait.

Adjective Satellite

• being on a very small scale
  • "a miniature camera"

Adj

• Smaller than normal.

Verb

• To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

Examples

• I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs.
• Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
• Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
• There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece.

Synonyms

illumination, toy

Anagrams of miniature