TINY (tinier, tiniest)

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Irregular inflected forms: tinier    , tiniest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tiny mean? 

• TINY (adjective)
  The adjective TINY has 1 sense:

1. very small

  Familiarity information: TINY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TINY (adjective)

Comparative: tinier   
Superlative: tiniest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very small

Synonyms:

bantam; diminutive; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny

Context example:

the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

tininess (the property of being very small in size)

 Context examples 

A form of the anticancer drug doxorubicin that is contained in very tiny, fat-like particles.

(Dox-SL, NCI Dictionary)

It has an enzyme contained in very tiny, fat-like particles.

(Dimericine, NCI Dictionary)

Tiny deposits of calcium in tissue.

(Microcalcification, NCI Thesaurus)

His tiny rages were much more terrible than theirs.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A substance the body needs in tiny amounts to grow and stay healthy.

(Micronutrient, NCI Dictionary)

For some imaging tests, doctors insert a tiny camera attached to a long, thin tube into your body.

(Diagnostic Imaging, NIH)

Colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor is made in the laboratory by binding a cancer-killing protein called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) to the surface of very tiny particles of gold.

(Colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor, NCI Dictionary)

Since the device is so tiny, it can directly image single cells without the need for a microscope.

(Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism, University of Cambridge)

How small is the tiniest possible particle of ice?

(Scientists probe the limits of ice, National Science Foundation)

Tiny blood vessels that connect the arterioles with the venules.

(Blood Capillary, NCI Thesaurus)