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miniaturization
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun miniaturization has 1 sense
- miniaturization(n = noun.act) miniaturisation - act of making on a greatly reduced scale; Array is a kind of shrinking
Derived form verb miniaturize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
miniaturization, n.
The act or process of making on a greatly reduced scale. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
miniaturization
abatement, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, contraction, dampening, damping, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, depreciation, depression, diminishment, diminution, dying, dying off, extenuation, fade-out, languishment, lessening, letup, lowering, mitigation, reduction, relaxation, sagging, scaling down, simplicity, subtraction, weakening
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