diminuto

adj.

tiny, diminutive, little, minute.

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diminuto

► adjetivo

1 tiny, minute

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(f. - diminuta)

adj.

minute, tiny

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ADJ tiny, diminutive

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-ta adjetivo tiny, minute

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= minute, microscopic, tiny [tinier -comp., tiniest -sup.], poky [pokier -comp., pokiest -sup.], dinky [dinkier -comp., dinkiest -sup.], diminute.

Ex. A microscope slide is a slide designed for holding a minute object to be viewed through a microscope or by a microprojector.

Ex. The 120 mm diameter disc contains more than 20,000 tracks within which sound is represented in the same physical form (by microscopic pits and plateaus) as in an optical video disc.

Ex. With an estimated 300,000 'titles' in print it is clear that no bookshop can hope to stock more than a tiny fraction of those titles.

Ex. A few were great establishments with ten or more presses, run by masters of discrimination and learning, but many were poky little shops with one, two, or three presses (and eight or ten workmen in all) with masters lacking all but the most rudimentary skills.

Ex. Pluto, scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.

Ex. Nature is even more wonderful in its diminute products: the smallest and most negligible insects are those that better reveal Nature's art.

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* parque diminuto = vest-pocket park.

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-ta adjetivo tiny, minute

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= minute, microscopic, tiny [tinier -comp., tiniest -sup.], poky [pokier -comp., pokiest -sup.], dinky [dinkier -comp., dinkiest -sup.], diminute.

Ex: A microscope slide is a slide designed for holding a minute object to be viewed through a microscope or by a microprojector.

Ex: The 120 mm diameter disc contains more than 20,000 tracks within which sound is represented in the same physical form (by microscopic pits and plateaus) as in an optical video disc.

Ex: With an estimated 300,000 'titles' in print it is clear that no bookshop can hope to stock more than a tiny fraction of those titles.

Ex: A few were great establishments with ten or more presses, run by masters of discrimination and learning, but many were poky little shops with one, two, or three presses (and eight or ten workmen in all) with masters lacking all but the most rudimentary skills.

Ex: Pluto, scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.

Ex: Nature is even more wonderful in its diminute products: the smallest and most negligible insects are those that better reveal Nature's art.

* parque diminuto = vest-pocket park.

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diminuto -ta

adjective

tiny, minute, diminutive (frml)

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diminuto

◊ -ta adjetivo

tiny, minute
diminuto,-a adjetivo minute, tiny

'diminuto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
diminuta
- minúsculo
English:
diminutive
- dwarf
- itsy-bitsy
- itty-bitty
- miniature
- minute
- tiny
- poky

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diminuto, -a adj

tiny, minute

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diminuto

adj tiny, diminutive

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diminuto, -ta adj

: minute, tiny

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diminuto adj tiny [comp. tinier; superl. tiniest]