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Mini-MAX
Mini-MAX, also known as the Ison Mini-MAX, is a family of single-seat, wood-and-fabric aircraft designed by Wayne Ison, first flown in 1984 and built from plans or kits.
Mini-Me
Mini-Me is the one-eighth-sized clone of Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films, played silently by Verne Troyer in The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Goldmember (2002), defecting to Austin in the third film.
Mini-Neptune
A mini-Neptune, sometimes called a gas dwarf, is an exoplanet larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, carrying a thick hydrogen- and helium-dominated atmosphere over ice or rock.
Mini-parc d’attraction Oumnia
Mini-parc d’attraction Oumnia is a small family theme park in Jijel, Algeria, at 36.81152°N, 5.76593°E, near the city hospital and education office, offering rides and games.
Mini-roundabout
A mini-roundabout is a small roundabout junction whose painted or low-domed central island vehicles can drive over if necessary, developed in Britain in the early 1970s.
Mini-split air conditioner
A mini-split air conditioner is a ductless, split-system air conditioner or heat pump whose indoor wall or ceiling units connect by refrigerant piping to one outdoor compressor unit.
Mini-thoracotomy
A mini-thoracotomy is a small-incision surgical technique reaching the chest through a 4- to 7-cm opening between the ribs, used mainly for cardiac valve surgery.
Mini–mental state examination
Mini–mental state examination (MMSE), 30-point bedside cognitive screening test published by Folstein and colleagues in 1975; pooled sensitivity and specificity about 0.89 for dementia, weaker for MCI, affected by education and language.
Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
Miniature (illuminated manuscript): a small, detailed painting in an illuminated manuscript, from Latin minium (red lead). Also called manuscript miniature painting; peaked in Europe (Paris, Burgundy) and the Islamic world, 13th–17th centuries.
Miniature American Shepherd
Miniature American Shepherd (MAS), formerly Miniature Australian Shepherd: small US herding dog from 1960s small Australian Shepherds; 13-18 inches, 20-40 lb; AKC-recognized 2015, Herding Group, MASCUSA parent club.
Miniature Fox Terrier
Miniature Fox Terrier, or Mini Foxie, a small Australian smooth-coated terrier breed, 24-30.5 cm tall, predominantly white with black/tan markings; distinct from the American Toy Fox Terrier and the ANKC-recognized Tenterfield Terrier.
Miniature golf
Miniature golf, also known as mini-golf, minigolf, or crazy-golf, is a scaled-down form of golf played with a putter on short artificial lanes with obstacles, both casually and as an organized sport.
Miniature horse
Miniature horse: a horse breed defined by height, not over 34 inches at the last mane hairs per the AMHA (founded 1978). Distinguished from ponies; also the only non-dog service animal recognized under the ADA's 2010 regulations.
Miniature pig
Miniature pig, or mini pig, a small domestic pig breed or mixed pet type, including Vietnamese potbellied, Juliana, Kunekune, and Göttingen Minipig; adults reach 45-68 kg, full size at 3-4 years, and teacup claims are marketing.
Miniature Schnauzer
Miniature Schnauzer (Zwergschnauzer), smallest of the three Schnauzer breeds, a German farm dog and ratter derived from Standard Schnauzers, Affenpinschers, and Poodles; 12–14 inches, AKC-recognized 1926, Terrier Group, ranked No. 17 in 2025.
Miniature wargaming
Miniature wargaming, also known as tabletop wargaming, is a hobby in which players simulate battles with model figures and terrain, using rules, measurement, and dice.
Minibeam radiation therapy
Minibeam radiation therapy (MBRT) is a radiotherapy technique using arrays of narrow beamlets that spare normal tissue while treating tumors; first used clinically in 2024.
Minibike
A minibike, also called a minicycle, is a small, lightweight motorcycle with a low frame, generally made for off-road recreational use rather than street transportation.
MiniBooNE
MiniBooNE (Mini-Booster Neutrino Experiment) was a Fermilab neutrino oscillation experiment that ran from 2002 to 2019 and reported an anomalous excess of electron-like events, testing the earlier LSND result.
Minibridge
Minibridge: simplified contract bridge introduced in Europe in the 1990s, replacing the auction with announced high card points (A=4, K=3, Q=2, J=1, total 40); the stronger partnership declares, and play and scoring follow bridge.
Minibus
A minibus, also called a microbus or minicoach, is a small passenger road vehicle seating about 8 to 19 people, used for scheduled services, paratransit, and private hire.
MiniCheetaX
MiniCheetaX refers to the MIT Mini Cheetah, a small four-legged research robot from MIT's Biomimetic Robotics Lab that in 2019 became the first quadruped to perform a backflip.
Minicomputer
A minicomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive, laboratory-oriented computer first developed in the 1960s and 1970s; DEC's PDP-8 is considered the first, and the PDP-11 ran the original UNIX.
MiniCPM
MiniCPM is a family of small language and multimodal models developed by OpenBMB, designed for on-device use, with text models from 1B to 4B parameters released since 2024.
MiniCPM-V
MiniCPM-V is a family of open-weight multimodal large language models developed by OpenBMB, first released in February 2024 and designed to run image and video understanding on consumer devices like smartphones.
MiniDisc
The MiniDisc, also written Sony MiniDisc, is a magneto-optical disc format for digital audio recording and playback that Sony launched in 1992 and ended in 2025.
MiniDiscs (Hacked)
MiniDiscs [Hacked] is Radiohead's 2019 Bandcamp compilation of 18 discs (MD111-MD128) of OK Computer-era demos, rehearsals and live recordings from Thom Yorke's hacked MiniDisc archive, sold for £18 for 18 days with proceeds to Extinction Rebellion after a reported $150,000 ransom demand.
Minié ball
The Minié ball, or Minie bullet, is a conical muzzle-loading rifle bullet invented by Claude-Étienne Minié in 1849, the standard ammunition of the American Civil War.
Miniemulsion polymerization
Miniemulsion polymerization is a heterophase polymerization technique in which 50–500 nm monomer droplets are polymerized directly, each droplet becoming a latex particle of controlled size.
MINIEYE (深圳佑驾创新科技有限公司)
MINIEYE (Shenzhen MINIEYE Technology Co., Ltd., stock code 2431.HK) is a Shenzhen company supplying ADAS, autonomous driving, and smart cockpit solutions, founded by Liu Guoqing in 2014.