r, min-uh-cher]
| 1. | a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale. |
| 2. | a greatly reduced or abridged form or copy. |
| 3. | a very small painting, esp. a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like. |
| 4. | the art of executing such a painting. |
| 5. | an illumination in an illuminated manuscript or book. |
| 6. | being, on, or represented on a small scale; reduced. |
| 7. | in miniature, in a reduced size; on a small scale: The zoo exhibition offered a jungle in miniature. |
min·i·a·ture (mĭn'ē-ə-chŏŏr', -chər, mĭn'ə-) n.
[Italian miniatura, illumination of manuscripts, small painting, from miniare, to illuminate, from Latin miniāre, to color red, from minium, red lead.] min'i·a·tur'ist n. |