Definitions for miniature
ˈmɪn i ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈmɪn ə tʃərminia·ture

miniature, illumination(noun)
painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
miniature, toy(adj)
a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
miniature(adj)
being on a very small scale
"a miniature camera"

miniature(Noun)
A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
miniature(Noun)
A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
miniature(Noun)
The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
miniature(Noun)
An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
miniature(Noun)
A musical composition which is short in duration.
Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
miniature(Noun)
A token in a game representing a unit or character.
Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleanic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
miniature(Adjective)
Smaller than normal.
I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs.

Origin: From the miniatura (manuscript illumination), from miniare (to illuminate), from the miniāre (to colour red), from minium (red lead).

Miniature
originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait
Miniature
greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale
Miniature
lettering in red; rubric distinction
Miniature
a particular feature or trait
Miniature(adj)
being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a miniature copy
Miniature(verb)
to represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale

Origin: [It. miniatura, fr. L. miniare. See Miniate, v.,Minium.]

Miniature
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 having been miniated or delineated with that pigment. The generally small scale of the medieval pictures has led secondly to an etymological confusion of the term with minuteness and to its application to small paintings especially portrait miniatures, which did however grow from the same tradition and at least initially use similar techniques. Apart from the Western and Byzantine traditions, there is another group of Asian traditions, which is generally more illustrative in nature, and from origins in manuscript book decoration also developed into single-sheet small paintings to be kept in albums, which are also called miniatures, as the Western equivalents in watercolor and other mediums are not. These include Persian miniatures, and their Mughal, Ottoman and other Indian offshoots.

Miniature
min′i-a-tūr, or min′i-tūr, n. a painting on a very small scale, on ivory, vellum, or thick paper: a small or reduced copy of anything.—adj. on a small scale: minute.—v.t. to represent on a small scale.—n. Min′iaturist, one who paints miniatures. [It. miniatura—miniare, to write with red lead—L. minium, vermilion.]

Miniature
So called because this early species of hand-painted portraiture originated in the head of the Madonna or of a saint that formed the initial letter of the beautifully illuminated rubrics produced by the monks styled the “Miniatori,” because their paints were made out of minium, or red lead.

Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of miniature in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of miniature in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Matt Groening:
Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.
Matt Groening:
Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.
Mick Jagger:
[ The concert was prominently advertised as ] ‘ Donald Trump Presents ’ … ‘ The Rolling Stones ’ [ was written ] in miniature.
Melanie Bailey:
We would like to get funding to make this technology more portable using miniature mass spectrometers. We are also working on a quantitative method.
Banani Ray:
No one and nothing outside of you can give you salvation, or free you from the misery. You have to light your own lamp. You have to know the miniature universe that you yourself are.