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microminiature en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + miniature.

Meanings

  1. A particularly small miniature.
    • In descending order, collectors categorize such books as macrominiatures (three to four inches in height), miniatures (one to three inches), microminiatures (one quarter-inch to one inch) and the greatest of the least, the ultramicrominiatures (less than one-quarter inch). 2007 May 20, William Grimes, “Catching Up on a Little Light Reading”, in New York Times:

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