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miniaturing

miniaturing is the present participle and gerund of miniature.

Meaning of miniature

Verb

miniature (third-person singular simple present miniatures, present participle miniaturing, simple past and past participle miniatured)

  1. (transitive) To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.
    • If it be ever so little removed, or seen thro’ the miniaturing End of the Perspective Glass, it either wholly escapes their Sight, or appears to them a mere Minutity.1755, John Shebbeare, An Answer to a Pamphlet, called A Second Letter to the People, London: M. Cooper, page 29

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Questions about miniaturing

What is miniaturing the present participle and gerund of?
Miniaturing is the present participle and gerund of miniature.

Words near miniaturing in the dictionary

  1. miniature scarlet fever
  2. miniature sheet
  3. miniature sheets
  4. miniatured
  5. miniatures
  6. miniaturing
  7. miniaturisation
  8. miniaturisations
  9. miniaturise
  10. miniaturised
  11. miniaturises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: miniaturing (page history and authors); miniature (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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