What does minuscule mean?

Definitions for minuscule
ˈmɪn əˌskyul, mɪˈnʌs kyulmi·nus·cule

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minusculenoun

    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

  2. minusculeadjective

    a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

  3. minuscule, minuscularadjective

    of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries

  4. little, minuscule, smalladjective

    lowercase

    "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"

  5. minuscule, minisculeadjective

    very small

    "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"

Wiktionary

  1. minusculenoun

    A lower-case letter.

  2. minusculenoun

    Any of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.

  3. minusculenoun

    A letter in these styles.

  4. minusculeadjective

    Written in minuscules, lower-case.

  5. minusculeadjective

    Written in minuscule handwriting style.

  6. minusculeadjective

    Very small, tiny.

    a minuscule dot

  7. Etymology: From minuscule.

Wikipedia

  1. minuscule

    Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally majuscule) and smaller lowercase (or more formally minuscule) in the written representation of certain languages. The writing systems that distinguish between the upper and lowercase have two parallel sets of letters, with each letter in one set usually having an equivalent in the other set. The two case variants are alternative representations of the same letter: they have the same name and pronunciation and are treated identically when sorting in alphabetical order. Letter case is generally applied in a mixed-case fashion, with both upper and lowercase letters appearing in a given piece of text for legibility. The choice of case is often prescribed by the grammar of a language or by the conventions of a particular discipline. In orthography, the uppercase is primarily reserved for special purposes, such as the first letter of a sentence or of a proper noun (called capitalisation, or capitalised words), which makes the lowercase the more common variant in regular text. In some contexts (e.g. academical), it is conventional to use one case only. For example, engineering design drawings are typically labelled entirely in uppercase letters, which are easier to distinguish individually than the lowercase when space restrictions require that the lettering be very small. In mathematics, on the other hand, letter case may indicate the relationship between mathematical objects, with uppercase letters often representing “superior” objects (e.g., X could be a mathematical set containing the generic member x).

ChatGPT

  1. minuscule

    Minuscule refers to something that is extremely small, tiny, or insignificant. It also refers to a certain style of lowercase handwriting used in Latin scripts between the 7th to the 15th century.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Minusculenoun

    any very small, minute object

  2. Minusculenoun

    a small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters

  3. Minusculeadjective

    of the size and style of minuscules; written in minuscules

  4. Etymology: [L. minusculus rather small, fr. minus less: cf. F. minuscule.]

Wikidata

  1. Minuscule

    Minuscule is an official DVD released by Björk on November 3, 2003. The DVD contains a documentary offering a behind-the-scenes look at Björk and her touring entourage for the 2001 Vespertine tour. It includes interviews with harpist Zeena Parkins, the Inuit choir from Greenland, electronic duo Matmos, and an ongoing conversation with Björk herself about her recordings and her tours. The documentary is interspersed with live footage of songs from the tour shot by Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir, which themselves correspond to the performances chosen for the Vespertine Live album. A work-in-progress version of this documentary is to be found as a bonus feature on the Live at Royal Opera House DVD, which includes some material that is not included on Minuscule, such as the short interviews with composer Simon Lee.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of minuscule in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of minuscule in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of minuscule in a Sentence

  1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    You're a minuscule part of this vast cosmic epoch!

  2. Mark Green:

    Irreducible complexity is important in the argument for the creationist because of this: Evolution assumes a series of minuscule changes over time, and each change has to give a survival advantage to the organism. If it doesn't, and it causes a disadvantage the organism dies and evolution ends.

  3. Sherrod Brown:

    Given the slack in the labor market and the minuscule increases in the wages for most Americans, The Fed should continue to be patient so as not to choke off the recovery at a time when the stronger dollar is already putting pressure on it.

  4. Fiance Nicole Johnson:

    I know Michael well enough to know he doesn’t need to partake in the tiny, minuscule decisions. But I also know him well enough to know that he does want to be involved in what flavor our cake is going to be and what flowers he thinks are ugly and what flowers he thinks are really pretty, i show him pictures and I ask what he thinks and he’ll either brush it off, which means he doesn’t really care, or he’ll give me his opinion.

  5. Ed Barton:

    This will have zero impact on the market, it's minuscule compared to what the big chains need to significantly turn around their business.

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