miniature: Meaning and Definition of

min•i•a•ture

1. a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
2. a greatly reduced or abridged form or copy.
3. a very small painting, esp. a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like.
4. the art of executing such a painting.
5. an illumination in an illuminated manuscript or book.
6. in a reduced size; on a small scale: The zoo exhibition offered a jungle in miniature.

1. being, on, or represented on a small scale; reduced.