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thumbnail Definition

thumb·nail (t̸humnāl′)

noun

the nail of the thumb

adjective

very small, brief, or concise a thumbnail sketch
thumbnail Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • enlarge: Picture by Mrs. P. Click to enlarge the thumbnail.
  • browse: Browse convenient poster thumbnails of your movie files, so you can find them quickly.
  • select: Please select a thumbnail to get a larger image.
  • generate: With the CD still in the drive you can click on a virtual folder to generate image thumbnails.
  • label: There are 17 different labeled thumbnail digital images in JPEG format, all of which can be enlarged.
  • click: On clicking the thumbnail a small window will launch.

Adjective modifier

  • clickable: An alternative start page Round the Island showing clickable thumbnails from each page has been added.

Modifies a noun

  • sketch: Indeed there are only eight lines constituting a thumbnail sketch of the first couple of decades of Mrs Cronin's life.
  • screenshots: Thumbshots are thumbnail screenshots of web pages that allow you to visualize websites before web surfers click on the link.
  • preview: Regardless of original file format, view a thumbnail preview or zoom in for detailed inspection.
  • image: You can click on any of the thumbnail images below, to see a larger version.
  • picture: Click on the thumbnail pictures to make them larger.
  • photograph: Please click on the thumbnail photograph to see a larger picture of the image.

Noun used with modifier

  • preview: The ActiveX component to create high-quality preview thumbnails for image files.
  • click: A simple way to look at a sequence is to click Views in your toolbar and then click Thumbnails.

Preposition: of

  • image: These images are small thumbnails of the full sized images.

Preposition: for

  • enlargement: Click on the thumbnails for enlargements and then use the Back button to return to this page.
  • picture: Please click on the thumbnail for the full size picture.
  • image: Please click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
  • specification: The Maestrowave Combi-Chef V Combination Microwave Oven " Click on thumbnail for specifications and larger image.
thumbnail Quotes

I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better Knowledge, sent to where I met him, down the Lachlan, years ago. He was shearing when I knew him, so I sent the letter to him, Just 'on spec', addressed as follows: 'Clancy, of the Overflow'. And an answer came directed in a writing unexpected, (And I think the same was written with a thumbnail dipped in tar) 'Twas his shearing mate who wrote it, and verbatim I will quote it: 'Clancy's gone to Queensland droving, and we don't know where he are.'

—Paterson, Banjo (Andrew Barton)

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