Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Chiefly Brit. miniaturize.
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- verb UK Alternative spelling of
miniaturize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb design or construct on a smaller scale
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Examples
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Larry Niksch, who spent 43 years monitoring North Korea for the US congressional research service, says in a new study that the regime could miniaturise and mount a nuclear warhead on a medium-range Nodong missile within one or two years.
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If it were possible to de-miniaturize the light-waves as they leave the ship and miniaturise the returning reflection, we would be far better off.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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We have to have thousands of times as much air as all of Benes 'lungs contain, and miniaturise it all.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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"We were hoping to miniaturise underwater specimens for carriage to the surface and investigation at leisure."
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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"He may not be alive tomorrow and we can't miniaturise for quite a while, someone said."
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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So we will miniaturise a submarine, inject it into an artery, and with Captain Owens at the controls
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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Led by the Japanese, we assumed our electronic appliances would miniaturise until we had cameras the size of wine gums.
The Guardian World News Justin McGuirk 2011
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The document, drawing on eight years of collected evidence, shows that the main focus of Iran's nuclear efforts was to redesign and miniaturise the Pakistani nuclear weapon design by using a web of front companies and foreign experts.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Damien McElroy 2011
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The document, drawing on eight years of collected evidence, shows that the main focus of Iran's nuclear efforts was to redesign and miniaturise the Pakistani nuclear weapon design by using a web of front companies and foreign experts.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Damien McElroy 2011
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Intel's Ziller: "the solution we have today wouldn't fit into a phone, but we're on the path to miniaturise in next few years".
ZDNet UK Highlights 2010
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