(obsolete) Favoured, beloved; "pet".

The lowest limit. / The smallest amount. / (astronomy) A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

To the lowest degree.

Alternative spelling of minuscule

(music) A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale. / A small version of something; a model of reduced scale. / A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

Smaller than normal.

(transitive) To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.

(aviation, travel) The amount of time, agreed in advance between airlines and airport authorities, that is considered sufficient for a passenger to make a connection between an arriving flight and a departing flight on the same ticket.