A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer to:
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Portrait miniature
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...
, a miniature portrait painting
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Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture
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Miniature (chess)
A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer to:
* Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting
* Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture
* Miniature (chess), a masterful chess game or proble ...
, a masterful chess game or problem with very few pieces or moves, often comprising spectacular tactical combinations
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Miniature (illuminated manuscript), a small painting in an illuminated text
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Arabic miniature
Arabic miniatures (Arabic: ٱلْمُنَمْنَمَات ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة, ''Al-Munamnamāt al-ʿArabīyyah'') are small paintings on paper, usually book or manuscript illustrations but also sometimes separate artworks that occupy entir ...
, a small painting in an illuminated text
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Armenian miniature
Armenian illuminated manuscripts ( hy, Հայկական մանրանկարչություն, translit=Haykakan manrankarch'owt'yown), form an Armenian tradition of formally prepared Manuscript, documents where the text is often supplemented with fl ...
, a small painting in an illuminated text
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Persian miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
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Ottoman miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
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Contemporary Turkish Miniature Contemporary Turkish Miniature refers to Turkish miniature art in Turkey from the mid-20th century to the present day. Contemporary Turkish miniature art is exactly the same art form as 16th-century Ottoman miniature; however, it is no longer just ...
, painting
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Mughal miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
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Scale model
A scale model is a physical model which is geometrically similar to an object (known as the prototype). Scale models are generally smaller than large prototypes such as vehicles, buildings, or people; but may be larger than small prototypes ...
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Room box
A room box is a display box used for three-dimensional miniature scale environments, or scale models. Although the name would suggest room boxes generally only represent typical rooms such as those found in houses or other buildings (bedrooms, ki ...
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Figurine
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Miniature figure (gaming), a small figurine used in role playing games and tabletop wargames
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Miniature (alcohol), a very small bottle of an alcoholic drink
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Miniature rose
Garden roses are predominantly hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. An enormous number ...
* Miniature candy, smaller variations of
candy bars and
candy
Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English
Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. It is the country's common language an ...
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Miniature effect
A miniature effect is a special effect created for motion pictures and television programs using scale models. Scale models are often combined with high speed photography or matte shots to make gravitational and other effects appear convincing t ...
, a physical model of a larger object used to represent it in filmmaking
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Miniature horse, a very small breed of horse
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Miniature poodle
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Entertainment
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''Miniatures'' (Alog album), 2005
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''Miniatures'' (Nekropolis album), 1989
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''Miniature'' (album), a 1988 album by Tim Berne
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"Miniature" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1963 episode of ''The Twilight Zone''
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