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Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years.
Andrzej Wajda

Meaning of "minuscule" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MINUSCULE

From French, from Latin (littera) minuscula very small (letter), diminutive of minor.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MINUSCULE

minuscule  [ˈmɪnəˌskjuːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINUSCULE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Minuscule can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MINUSCULE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of minuscule in the English dictionary

The first definition of minuscule in the dictionary is a lower-case letter. Other definition of minuscule is writing using such letters. Minuscule is also a small cursive 7th-century style of lettering derived from the uncial.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MINUSCULE


bascule
ˈbæskjuːl
biomolecule
ˈbaɪəʊˌmɒlɪkjuːl
corpuscule
kɔːˈpʌskjuːl
crepuscule
ˈkrɛpəsˌkjuːl
fascicule
ˈfæsɪˌkjuːl
floscule
ˈflɒskjuːl
graticule
ˈɡrætɪˌkjuːl
groupuscule
ˈɡruːpəˌskjuːl
macromolecule
ˌmækrəʊˈmɒlɪˌkjuːl
macule
ˈmækjuːl
majuscule
ˈmædʒəˌskjuːl
miniscule
ˈmɪnɪˌskjuːl
molecule
ˈmɒlɪˌkjuːl
monticule
ˈmɒntɪˌkjuːl
opuscule
ɒˈpʌskjuːl
oscule
ˈɒskjuːl
reticule
ˈrɛtɪˌkjuːl
ridicule
ˈrɪdɪˌkjuːl
saccule
ˈsækjuːl
spicule
ˈspɪkjuːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINUSCULE

minuend
minuet
minus
minus quantity
minus sign
minuscular
minute
minute book
minute gun
minute hand
minute mark
minute of arc
minute secretary
minute steak
minutely
Minuteman
Minutemen
minuteness
minutes
minutia

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINUSCULE

aedicule
animalcule
calycule
floccule
gram molecule
homuncule
lenticule
locule
lodicule
opercule
poeticule
scrobicule
self-ridicule
silicule
submolecule
supramolecule
ventricule
vermicule
vocule
wheel animalcule

Synonyms and antonyms of minuscule in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MINUSCULE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «minuscule» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of minuscule

Translation of «minuscule» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINUSCULE

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

Translator English - Chinese

极小的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

minúsculo
570 millions of speakers

English

minuscule
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मामूली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضئيلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мизер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

minúsculo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অণুমাত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

minuscule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minuscule
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

winzig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非常に小さい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정말 작은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minuscule
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chư nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறைவான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ufacık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minuscolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nikła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мізер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

minuscul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροσκοπική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

baie klein
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

minimal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minuscule
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of minuscule

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINUSCULE»

The term «minuscule» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.263 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINUSCULE» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «MINUSCULE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word minuscule.
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Brendan I. Koerner
Sea-Monkeys are hybrid brine shrimp and the brainchild of the mail-order entrepreneur Harold von Braunhut in 1957. When their crystallized eggs are submerged in water, minuscule crustaceans emerge; they can grow up to 2 inches long.
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Amity Shlaes
The result of the collaborative culture is that corporations or government institutions focus intensely on internal culture and pour their energy into achieving minuscule policy changes relating to workplace efficiency, gender or race.
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Robert Vaughn
Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.
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Andrzej Wajda
Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINUSCULE»

Discover the use of minuscule in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minuscule and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Combinatorics of Minuscule Representations
"Highest weight modules play a key role in the representation theory of several classes of algebraic objects occurring in Lie theory, including Lie algebras, Lie groups, algebraic groups, Chevalley groups and quantized enveloping algebras.
R. M. Green, 2013
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Caroline Minuscule
William Dougal, a post-graduate expert in the medieval script of Caroline Minuscule, stumbles on the garroted corpse of his tutor - and finds himself embroiled in a hunt for a cache of diamonds, a deadly fairy story in which no one obeys ...
Andrew Taylor, 2007
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Der Text Des Neuen Testaments:
Minuscule 1 130 35, Minuscule 13 131 36. Minuscule 33 143 37. Minuscule 36 144 38. Minuscules 322 and 323 145 39. Minuscule 424 145 40. Minuscule 461 147 41. Minuscule 565 148 42. Minuscule 614 149 43. Minuscule 892 150 44.
Kurt Aland, Barbara Aland, 1995
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English Vernacular Minuscule from Æthelred to Cnut, Circa ...
with Phase-IV Square minuscule.29 Given both the lack of datable formal hands and also our lack of understanding of cultural value in late AngloSaxon England, much work is still needed before these questions can be satisfactorily answered.
Peter A. Stokes, 2014
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11th-Century Biblical Manuscripts: Novgorod Codex, Minuscule ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, Source: Wikipedia, Books Group, 2011
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Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages
minuscule as early as AD 750 to 760.1°' Around AD 760 the somewhat clumsy hand of the assiduous scribe Winithar102 begins to appear in manuscripts and in one charter. In a charter of AD 75810J the characteristic form of the round ...
Bernhard Bischoff, 1990
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Their Hands Before Our Eyes: A Closer Look at Scribes : the ...
36 The scribe copied each chapter of the Latin text in formal Caroline Minuscule followed by the corresponding chapter of the translation in Insular Minuscule, so that the two scripts appear on the same page. This image of two scripts on the ...
Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, 2008
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Locally Finite Root Systems
Minuscule (co)weights and saturated sets. A non-zero coweight q of a root system R is called minuscule if it does not vanish on any connected component of R and (a, q) C {0, ±1} for all a C R. Clearly, the automorphism group of R acts on the ...
Ottmar Loos, Erhard Neher
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14th-Century Biblical Manuscripts: Minuscule 629, Minuscule ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, Books LLC, Books Group, 2010
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A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600
LUXEUIL. MINUSCULE. British Library, Additional MS 11878, f.ii. 210 x 135 mm ( 170 x 100 mm). Gregory the Great, Moralia, XXIII. 2. French, Luxeuil, s. vin ( second quarter). PROVENANCE: purchased by the British Museum from Revd.
Michelle P. Brown, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINUSCULE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term minuscule is used in the context of the following news items.
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Authorities find a minuscule number of diesel vehicles entering …
NEW DELHI: Another hearing went by in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) with authorities arguing against any clampdown on vehicles to ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
When Computers Assess Personality Better Than We Do
Among all these fascinating findings, the most interesting thing for me is the predictive power of a few minuscule “likes,” revealing a person's ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Time will tell if Apple Watch catches on, as Apple fans wait
Still, the watch sales are certainly minuscule compared with more than $31 billion in iPhone sales, more than half Apple's total. Worries about ... «Online Athens, Jul 15»
4
Enjoy Your Romaine—While It Lasts
With that water essentially gone—snows have been minuscule the past four winters—the region's farmers have been scrambling to tap as ... «Mother Jones, Jul 15»
5
New York City is right to put the brakes on Uber's rampant growth
Uber argued in a statement to The Verge that it represented a minuscule part of the total flow of traffic. "Over 2.7 million cars use the toll-free ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
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$100m to find alien life? That's a start — but not nearly enough
Spread out over ten years, that financial investment is minuscule for a priceless addition to human knowledge, not to mention the strides in ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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How Two Bored 1970s Housewives Helped Create The PC Industry
Vector's memory board proved wildly successful—by the standards of the still-minuscule industry—and its sales fueled rapid growth. Soon, Bob ... «Fast Company, Jul 15»
8
Wind energy company to give counties, landowners milllions over time
Shelby County Board Member Joe Woodall said that the payments offered by the company are minuscule compared to the profits Clean Line ... «Shelbyville Daily Union, Jul 15»
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Top MLB Prospects Who Could Be Sellers' Prizes of the Deadline
A minuscule 1.67 ERA and a 7.25 strikeout-to-walk ratio in High-A gave the Dodgers no choice but to promote him to Double-A earlier in the ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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Hotel Intel: Cadet Hotel, South Beach
... which used to be a parking lot and is now a minuscule pool (pictured at top). A boutique hotel doesn't need a pool, but the Cadet's designers ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»

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