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submini

submini is the clipping of subminiature.

Meaning of subminiature

Adjective

subminiature (not comparable)

  1. Compact or smaller than miniature.
    • Vacuum tubes and other circuit components have been produced in miniature and subminiature versions.1952 March, Leonard Engel, “Little Gadget with a Large Future”, in Harper's Magazine, volume 204, number 1222, page 57
  2. of photography equipment and techniques using a smaller frame than 35mm
    • Other Minolta cameras from $27 to $270, including subminiature, "snapshot," 35mm rangefinder and single lens reflex models...1964 November, “Minolta Hi-matic 7”, in Sunset, page 136

See all 4 meanings of subminiature

Forms of submini

pluralsubminis

Origin of submini

Equivalent to sub- + mini.

Questions about submini

What is submini the clipping of?
Submini is the clipping of subminiature.

Words near submini in the dictionary

  1. submillimolar
  2. submillisecond
  3. submillisievert
  4. submind
  5. subminds
  6. submini
  7. subminiature
  8. subminiatures
  9. subminiaturisation
  10. subminiaturization
  11. subminiaturize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: submini (page history and authors); subminiature (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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