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minification

1 7.4

Making something smaller in size so it fits into a small space

noun
/ˌmɪnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

: minificación

The web developer implemented minification to reduce the size of the website's JavaScript files.

Examples

Their visual efficiency has been shown not to improve significantly with the use of reverse telescopes (Krefman, 1981), because spatial location becomes more difficult (Weiss, 1991), and their visual acuity suffers because of the minification.

Academic text (2004)
An amorphic lens is a cylindrical reverse telescope with minification only in the horizontal meridian.

Academic text (2004)
By applying minification, the application's loading time was greatly improved.
The process of minification helped decrease the size of the images on the webpage, making it load faster.

Synonyms

reduction

vsminification

421 3.2

A decrease in size, amount, degree, or price

focuses specifically on making things smaller in physical size or scale

contraction

vsminification

26 4.4

A process of becoming smaller in size or amount

is the process of reducing size without implying compression

diminishing

vsminification

23 4.6

Becoming less in size, number, amount or importance

is about actively making something smaller in size or scale

shrinkage

vsminification

13 5.1

A decrease in size, amount, or value

emphasizes the deliberate action of making something smaller in size

shrinking

vsminification

6 3.2

A decrease in size, amount, or value

focuses on actively making things smaller in size or scale

shortening

vsminification

5 3.5

Making something shorter in length, time or size

applies more broadly to reducing overall size or scale not only length

miniaturization

vsminification

Specialized

5 7.5

Making things much smaller using new technology

means making things smaller in general not necessarily very small

minimization

vsminification

5 5.5

The act of making something as small as possible

is about making things smaller but not necessarily to the smallest possible level

diminution

vsminification

5 7.9

A decrease in size, amount, or importance

refers mainly to physically making something smaller in scale

lessening

vsminification

4 3.8

A decrease in amount, size, or strength

focuses on reducing physical size or scale rather than degree or intensity

diminishment

vsminification

3 6.7

A decrease in size, strength or importance

refers mainly to reducing physical size or scale rather than weakening

cutdown

vsminification

1 4.0

A drop in the number or amount of something

describes the ongoing process of making things smaller in scale

Antonyms

expansion

301 3.3

An increase in size, amount, or range

How Small

minimization

5 5.5

minification

1 7.4

reduction

421 3.2

downsizing

Jargon

27 4.5

Surface Forms

minification singular

minifications plural

Morphology

minification = minify (transparent) = mini + fy + ation

The noun is formed regularly from the verb 'minify' with the standard suffix '-ation', preserving the core meaning of making something smaller.

Etymology

Minification comes from the small root mini-, as in miniskirt, and the ending -fication which means 'making'. So minification is the process of 'making small', which is why it means making something smaller in size.