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minuscule::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lower-case letter, lowercase, small letter |
| Type of | grapheme, graph, character, graphic symbol |
minuscule::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | minuscular |
minuscule::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | longhand, cursive, cursive script, running hand |
| Derivation | minuscular |
Examples of minuscule
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The values are minuscule but Santiago has proved that he can handle second base.
From the freep.com
Except in a minuscule set of circumstances, I could only work within that range.
From the theatlantic.com
The Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir first noted this minuscule movement in 1948.
From the newscientist.com
Nicholson's part is at once minuscule and a giant trip backward from Easy Rider.
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From the cabinet she extracted a box filled with minuscule, liquid-filled vials.
From the dispatch.com
But since they move off at random, even that minuscule current quickly vanishes.
From the economist.com
There's just not a lot, not enough electricity coming from those minuscule rays.
From the cnn.com
The number of citations written for breaking the city's U-turn law is minuscule.
From the tennessean.com
German minuscule tends to be oval-shaped, very slender, and slants to the right.
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- Of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
- Small letter: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
- Little: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
- Very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain fell"
- Minuscule is a growing collection of short animations that follow the day-to-day existence of anthropomorphic insects. The characters are modelled on computer in 3D and are then set against real scenery. Each animation has a short, self-contained and often humorous storyline. ...
- (Minuscules) Definition currently unavailable
- Archaic term for a lowercase letter, see also majuscule.
- A small or lowercase letter, in contrast with majuscule, a large or capital letter. The invention of minuscule allowed for faster, more compact writing in scriptoria.
- Writing in which there are different levels for upper and lower case letters. Below are examples of Artificial Uncial, a majuscule hand in use from approximately 500-999 AD, written on papyrus, and Carolingian Miniscule, in use from approximately 900-1150 AD. See example below.
