Miniature

A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small variation. It may refer to:

  • Portrait miniature
  • Miniature (illuminated manuscript), a small painting in an illuminated text
    • Persian miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
    • Ottoman miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
    • Mughal miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
    • Portrait miniature, a very small painted portrait (or other type of painting)
  • Scale model
    • Room box
    • Figurine
    • Miniature figure (gaming), a small figurine used in role playing games and tabletop wargames
  • "Miniature" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone
  • Miniature rose
  • Miniature candy, smaller variations of candy bars and candy mostly used during Halloween
  • Miniature effect, a physical model of a larger object used to represent it in filmmaking
  • Miniature horse

Famous quotes containing the word miniature:

    This is a strange little complacent country, in many ways a U.S.A. in miniature but of course nearer the center of disturbance!
    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)

    Maybe it’s understandable what a history of failures America’s foreign policy has been. We are, after all, a country full of people who came to America to get away from foreigners. Any prolonged examination of the U.S. government reveals foreign policy to be America’s miniature schnauzer—a noisy but small and useless part of the national household.
    —P.J. (Patrick Jake)

    A little Morgan had one forefoot on the wall,
    The other curled at his breast. He dipped his head
    And snorted at us. And then he had to bolt.
    We heard the miniature thunder where he fled,
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)