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[syn: miniaturization, miniaturisation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
miniaturization \miniaturization\ n.
The act or process of making on a greatly reduced scale.
Syn: miniaturisation.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
miniaturization
n 1: act of making on a greatly reduced scale [syn:
miniaturization, miniaturisation]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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