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Meaning of "miniaturize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINIATURIZE

miniaturize  [ˈmɪnɪtʃəˌraɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINIATURIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Miniaturize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb miniaturize in English.

WHAT DOES MINIATURIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

miniaturize

Miniaturization

Miniaturization is the trend to manufacture ever smaller mechanical, optical and electronic products and devices. Examples include Miniaturization of mobile phones, computers and vehicle engine downsizing.

Definition of miniaturize in the English dictionary

The definition of miniaturize in the dictionary is to make or construct on a very small scale; reduce in size.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MINIATURIZE

PRESENT

Present
I miniaturize
you miniaturize
he/she/it miniaturizes
we miniaturize
you miniaturize
they miniaturize
Present continuous
I am miniaturizing
you are miniaturizing
he/she/it is miniaturizing
we are miniaturizing
you are miniaturizing
they are miniaturizing
Present perfect
I have miniaturized
you have miniaturized
he/she/it has miniaturized
we have miniaturized
you have miniaturized
they have miniaturized
Present perfect continuous
I have been miniaturizing
you have been miniaturizing
he/she/it has been miniaturizing
we have been miniaturizing
you have been miniaturizing
they have been miniaturizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I miniaturized
you miniaturized
he/she/it miniaturized
we miniaturized
you miniaturized
they miniaturized
Past continuous
I was miniaturizing
you were miniaturizing
he/she/it was miniaturizing
we were miniaturizing
you were miniaturizing
they were miniaturizing
Past perfect
I had miniaturized
you had miniaturized
he/she/it had miniaturized
we had miniaturized
you had miniaturized
they had miniaturized
Past perfect continuous
I had been miniaturizing
you had been miniaturizing
he/she/it had been miniaturizing
we had been miniaturizing
you had been miniaturizing
they had been miniaturizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will miniaturize
you will miniaturize
he/she/it will miniaturize
we will miniaturize
you will miniaturize
they will miniaturize
Future continuous
I will be miniaturizing
you will be miniaturizing
he/she/it will be miniaturizing
we will be miniaturizing
you will be miniaturizing
they will be miniaturizing
Future perfect
I will have miniaturized
you will have miniaturized
he/she/it will have miniaturized
we will have miniaturized
you will have miniaturized
they will have miniaturized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been miniaturizing
you will have been miniaturizing
he/she/it will have been miniaturizing
we will have been miniaturizing
you will have been miniaturizing
they will have been miniaturizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would miniaturize
you would miniaturize
he/she/it would miniaturize
we would miniaturize
you would miniaturize
they would miniaturize
Conditional continuous
I would be miniaturizing
you would be miniaturizing
he/she/it would be miniaturizing
we would be miniaturizing
you would be miniaturizing
they would be miniaturizing
Conditional perfect
I would have miniaturize
you would have miniaturize
he/she/it would have miniaturize
we would have miniaturize
you would have miniaturize
they would have miniaturize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been miniaturizing
you would have been miniaturizing
he/she/it would have been miniaturizing
we would have been miniaturizing
you would have been miniaturizing
they would have been miniaturizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you miniaturize
we let´s miniaturize
you miniaturize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to miniaturize
Past participle
miniaturized
Present Participle
miniaturizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MINIATURIZE


authorize
ˈɔːθəˌraɪz
categorize
ˈkætɪɡəˌraɪz
characterize
ˈkærɪktəˌraɪz
denaturise
diːˈneɪtʃəˌraɪz
denaturize
diːˈneɪtʃəˌraɪz
depressurise
dɪˈprɛʃəˌraɪz
depressurize
dɪˈprɛʃəˌraɪz
miniaturise
ˈmɪnɪtʃəˌraɪz
moisturise
ˈmɔɪstʃəˌraɪz
moisturize
ˈmɔɪstʃəˌraɪz
picturize
ˈpɪktʃəˌraɪz
posturise
ˈpɒstʃəˌraɪz
posturize
ˈpɒstʃəˌraɪz
pressurize
ˈprɛʃəˌraɪz
rapturize
ˈræptʃəˌraɪz
repressurise
riːˈprɛʃəˌraɪz
repressurize
riːˈpreʃəˌraɪz
subminiaturise
sʌbˈmɪnɪtʃəˌraɪz
subminiaturize
sʌbˈmɪnɪətʃəˌraɪz
summarize
ˈsʌməˌraɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINIATURIZE

miniate
miniation
miniature
miniature camera
miniature golf
miniature poodle
miniaturisation
miniaturise
miniaturist
miniaturistic
miniaturization
minibar
minibike
minibiker
minibudget
minibus
minibusses
minicab
minicabbing
minicalculator

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINIATURIZE

carburize
colourize
consolation prize
decarburize
decolourize
desulfurize
desulphurize
epicurize
familiarize
glamourize
memorize
microminiaturize
Nobel prize
pasteurize
prize
Pulitzer prize
sulfurize
sulphurize
tellurize
texturize

Synonyms and antonyms of miniaturize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «miniaturize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINIATURIZE

Find out the translation of miniaturize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of miniaturize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «miniaturize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小型化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

miniaturizar
570 millions of speakers

English

miniaturize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

miniaturize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تصغير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

миниатюризировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

miniaturizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

MINIATURIZE
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

miniaturiser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Miniaturkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

miniaturisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小型化する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소형화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Miniaturize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thu nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

miniaturize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमी करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

küçültmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

miniaturizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miniaturyzacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

миниатюризировать
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

miniaturize
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρογραφήσετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

miniaturize
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

miniatyrisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

miniatyrisere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of miniaturize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINIATURIZE»

The term «miniaturize» is regularly used and occupies the 82.391 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of miniaturize
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINIATURIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «miniaturize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «miniaturize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about miniaturize

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINIATURIZE»

Discover the use of miniaturize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to miniaturize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Introduction to Surface-Micromachining
Historically, humans have been pushed to miniaturize many types of devices for varying reasons. The push is from pure aesthetics and fashion driving the crafting of finer and more intricate jewellery, to portability driving the transformation of ...
Robert W. Johnstone, M. Parameswaran, 2004
2
Learning Pixelmator
The Miniaturize effect is a cool way to create a tilt-shift type of look for a photo. When you open up this effect you will see two options, Linear and Elliptical (types of blur). With Linear, you will have a blur on the top and bottom of the image that ...
Mark Stagi, 2013
3
Under the Sign of Saturn: Essays
To miniaturize is to make portable — the ideal form of possessing things for a wanderer, or a refugee. Benjamin, of course, was both a wanderer, on the move, and a collector, weighed down by things; that is, passions. To miniaturize is to ...
Susan Sontag, 2002
4
The complete guide to the NEXTSTEP TM user environment
If not, the feature isn't available. Miniaturize button Scroll buttons Resize bar Title bar Close button (changes unsaved) Close button (changes saved) NS186 Q&A. rrf — ~/NOYD/SpecialDocuments EJ Do Multi Architecture Binaries take a lot of ...
Michael B. Shebanek, 1993
5
HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide
Mobilize. vs. Miniaturize. There are two schools of thought with respect to creating Web pages for handhelds. The first says the whole reason we have separated content from design in the first place is so we can leverage that content with a ...
Elizabeth Castro, 2006
6
Microbeam Analysis: Proceedings of the International ...
approach. to. miniaturize. electron. back-scattering. diffraction. system. in. a. SEM. V Thaveeprungsriporn and D Thong-Aram Chulalongkorn University, Department of Nuclear Technology, Faculty of Engineering, BKJC 1 0330 Thailand Since ...
D Williams, R Shimizu, 2000
7
The Artist's Guide to GIMP, 2nd Edition: Creative Techniques ...
Blurring. to. Miniaturize. Using a copy of the original layer allows experimentation with the blur process without affecting the original image. If you mess up the copy, just make the selection of the original image layer again and copy and paste ...
Michael Hammel, 2012
8
Designing the Mobile User Experience
MINIATURIZE. First and foremost, simply transferring a full-sized computer application to the mobile environment almost always results in a suboptimal mobile experience. Attempting to construct an application that works the same on both ...
Barbara Ballard, 2007
9
Principles of Tissue Engineering
miniaturize. liver. cultures. The ability to control tissue architecture along with cell- cell and cell-matrix interactions on the order of single cell dimensions represents another important tool in the investigation of mechanisms underlying tissue ...
Robert Lanza, Robert Langer, Joseph P. Vacanti, 2013
10
The Computer Revolution in Canada: Building National ...
5. Complexity. and. the. Military. Imperative. to. Miniaturize. The histories of digital electronics, computers, and transistor technology are inextricably bound together. 1 Each important advance in semiconductor devices has engendered a ...
Vardalas

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINIATURIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term miniaturize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
North Korea upgrades missile tower for possible October launch …
It is also working to miniaturize a nuclear warhead to mount on a delivery vehicle. (Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Paul Tait). North Korea ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
Ant-Man enjoyable entry in Marvel's new roster of heroes
... his onetime protégé, Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), who has some naturally sinister motives involving the technology to miniaturize soldiers. «Monroe Monitor, Jul 15»
3
NC Biotech Center awards $1.8M in loans, grants across state
Duke University (Adam Wax), to miniaturize an optical imaging technology so it can be incorporated into the tip of needle or catheter, providing ... «WRAL Tech Wire, Jul 15»
4
New Technique Helps Determine Age of Rocks On Moon During …
In summer 2013, SwRI had published a report where they wrote how the team was working with development partners to miniaturize the ... «CrazyEngineers, Jul 15»
5
Microfluidics Technology Crowding the POCT Industry
'Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technologies can meet the requirement of the POCT since they can miniaturize and integrate most of the functional ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
6
Get Ready for the Fully Scannable World
Consumer Physics took this longstanding technology and, piggybacking on the work done by smartphone developers to miniaturize optical ... «GOOD Magazine, Jul 15»
7
The Incredible Shrinking Movies
... experimentation by deploying weird, bald mutants wearing long, dark coats -- the better to hide their four arms -- to miniaturize the victims and ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
8
The Iranian general who will remain in America's crosshairs
... explosives and computer simulations that checked how to assemble a nuclear weapon and how to miniaturize it and turn it into a warhead on ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
9
Moving toward a zero UI to orchestrate the IoT
As we miniaturize technology I can only see it going in one direction, where we actually start to put computational devices inside us. We call ... «O'Reilly Radar, Jul 15»
10
The West held all the aces - and lost
The second overlooked danger is the possibility of Iran achieving the ability to miniaturize nuclear weapons. This is not easy and takes ... «Globes, Jul 15»

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