minuscule
pronunciation
How to pronounce minuscule in British English:
UK [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]
How to pronounce minuscule in American English:
US [ˈmɪnəskjuːl]
-
- Noun:
- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
- a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
-
- Adjective:
- of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
- lowercase
- very small
Word Origin
- minuscule (n.)
- 1705, "small (not capital) letter;" as an adjective, "small," from 1727 (in printing; general sense of "extremely small" by 1893), from French minuscule (17c.), from Latin minuscula, in minuscula littera "slightly smaller letter," fem. of minusculus "rather less, rather small," diminutive of minus "less" (see minus). Related: Minuscular.
Example
- 1. We generate product for google , our every search a minuscule contribution .
- 2. Sulfur atoms , which can bind poisonous mercury , coat each of the minuscule holes .
- 3. This minuscule rotor wiggled clockwise or anticlockwise as molecules bumped into it from one side or the other .
- 4. His proposal is to build a fleet of remote-controlled , energy-self-sufficient ships that would spray minuscule droplets of seawater into the air .
- 5. Researchers are able to identify these patterns thanks to the development of eye-tracking technology : video cameras that record every minuscule movement of the eyes .