Miniature vs Microscopic - What's the difference?
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Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
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.
(gaming) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
A particular feature or trait.
Smaller than normal.
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Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal.
So small that it can only be seen using a microscope.
Very small; minute
Carried out with great attention to detail.
Able to see extremely minute objects.
Miniature is a related term of microscopic.
As adjectives the difference between miniature and microscopic
is that miniature is smaller than normal while microscopic is microscopic.As a noun miniature
is greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.As a verb miniature
is to make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.miniature
English
("miniature on Wikiquote")Noun
(en noun)- There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
- Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
- Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
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Derived terms
* miniaturistAdjective
(en adjective)Alok Jha
Miniature brains grown in lab, passage=Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a "tool" that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. ¶ Just a few millimetres across, the "cerebral organoids" are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions that resemble those seen in immature, embryonic brains.}}
Derived terms
* miniature poodle * miniaturismVerb
(miniatur)microscopic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
- The water was full of microscopic organisms.
- Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
- The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.
- Why has not man a microscopic eye? — Alexander Pope.