microminiature

[mahy-kroh-min-ee-uh-cher, -choor, -min-uh-]

adjective

1. built on an extremely small scale, smaller than subminiature, especially of electronic equipment with small solid-state components in the place of vacuum tubes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of microminiature¹

First recorded in 1955–60; micro- + miniature

Example Sentences

Hobbyists make microminiature sculptures today, like those by Hagop Sandaldjian that fit inside the eye of a needle, shown at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City.

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A screaming African ant audible to the human ear; microminiature sculptures, no bigger than the head of a pin, carved by an expatriate Egyptian musician; instructions on how to X-ray a rainforest bat — perplexing displays at the Museum of Jurassic Technology, described as of “uncertain and unexplained” meaning, aren’t the only works of art to be seen.

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I joined aviation and entered a new field that had just opened up called microminiature electronics.

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It all adds up to a kind of microminiature Feydeau farce set in Atlantic City.

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