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miniature

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Noun

miniature (plural miniatures)

Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
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.
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.
Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
(RPG, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
A particular feature or trait.