thumbnail

thumbnail
1. noun
a) The fingernail on the thumb.
b) A rough sketch (e.g., the size of ones thumbnail).
2. verb

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  • thumbnail — (n.) c.1600, from THUMB (Cf. thumb) (n.) + NAIL (Cf. nail) (n.). Meaning drawing or sketch of a small size (though usually not lierally the size of a thumbnail) is from 1852 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Thumbnail — Thumbnails are reduced size versions of pictures, used to help in recognizing and organizing them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words. In the age of digital images, visual search engines and image organizing… …   Wikipedia

  • thumbnail — I UK [ˈθʌmˌneɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms thumbnail : singular thumbnail plural thumbnails 1) the nail on your thumb 2) computing a small picture of something shown on a computer screen, especially on a page of a website II UK [ˈθʌmˌneɪl] …   English dictionary

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