different between thumbnail vs abbreviated

English

Etymology

From thumb +? nail. The phrase thumbnail sketch was first attested 1852. Verb sense attested 1930s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m.ne?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

thumbnail (plural thumbnails)

1. The fingernail on the thumb.
2. A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).
3. (chiefly computing) A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.

Usage notes

• (computing): Unlike an icon, which is generally a representative symbol, a thumbnail is a smaller identical copy of the original larger image.

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (samuneiru), ????? (samun?ru)
• ? Portuguese: thumbnail

Translations

See also

• (computing): icon, thumbshot

Verb

thumbnail (third-person singular simple present thumbnails, present participle thumbnailing, simple past and past participle thumbnailed)

1. (transitive) To describe concisely.
2. (transitive, computing) To create a smaller representation of (a larger image).

Derived terms

• thumbnailer

Translations

Further reading

• Maven's Word of the Day, December 11, 1997
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “thumb”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English thumbnail.

Noun

thumbnail m (plural thumbnails)

1. (computing) thumbnail (a miniature preview of a larger image)

   Synonym: miniatura

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?i?vie?t?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??b?i.vi?e?.t?d/

Adjective

abbreviated (comparative more abbreviated, superlative most abbreviated)

1. Shortened; made briefer.

   The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.

2. Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
3. Scanty, as in clothing.

Related terms

• abbreviate
• abbreviation
• abbreviating

Translations

Verb

abbreviated

1. simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate

References