miniaturization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

miniaturization
    n 1: act of making on a greatly reduced scale [syn:
         {miniaturization}, {miniaturisation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

miniaturization \miniaturization\ n.
   The act or process of making on a greatly reduced scale.

   Syn: miniaturisation.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "miniaturization":
      abatement, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, contraction,
      dampening, damping, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction,
      deflation, depreciation, depression, diminishment, diminution,
      dying, dying off, extenuation, fade-out, languishment, lessening,
      letup, lowering, mitigation, reduction, relaxation, sagging,
      scaling down, simplicity, subtraction, weakening