microminiature

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noun

A particularly small miniature.

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Meanings

nounmicrominiature (plural microminiatures)

plural microminiatures

  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

Origin

From micro- + miniature.

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APA

microminiature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microminiature

MLA

“microminiature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microminiature. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microminiature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microminiature.

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